City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, October 17, 2022 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Moorish American Convention Week Proclamation - Delayed, Rescheduled Date TBD ID 1254

5 min

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7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Affidavit Agent Authority for American Tower Corporation AB 8475

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.43–44

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Staff report:

The City entered a lease agreement with Nextel West Corporation on November 3, 1997 for constructing, operating, repairing, replacing and maintaining telecommunications facilities at 2285 Squak Mountain Loop. That lease was extended multiple times and will terminate on October 31, 2022 when American Tower Corporation becomes the successor lessee under a new lease agreement with the City.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Memorandum of Understanding with King County for Use of City Facilities for COVID-19 Immunization Clinic AB 8480

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.45–51

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Staff report:

King County Public Health has partnered with Discover Health to host a community immunization clinic to provide bivalent COVID-19 boosters in an effort to curb the transmission of COVID-19 within the community and minimize the risks of the virus to those who are infected.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

2023-24 Budget Ordinance AB 8402

Carried 7-0

Direct Administration · 30 min · packet pp.53–178

Topics: Land UseBudget

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Staff report:

The Administration recommends the City Council conduct the public hearing and adopt the budget ordinance at the Nov. 7, 2022 City Council meeting.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

2023-24 State Legislative Agenda, Priorities and Policy Manual AB 8439

Direct Administration · 30 min · packet pp.179–194

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · May 2, 2022

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Staff report:

The legislative agenda is a tool that communicates priorities and policy positions externally to the State Legislature and the Governor, as well as internally to the Administration and City lobbyists. This document is also shared with several partner agencies, e.g. SCA, AWC, MRSC, chamber, school district and neighboring jurisdictions.

Community Investment Strategy: Park Project & Park Board Feedback AB 8488

Carried 7-0

Direct Administration · 45 min · packet pp.195–218

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

At the July 5th, 2022 City Council meeting, staff provided a presentation on the Anchor Parks (Veterans Memorial Field, Tibbetts Valley Park, and the Issaquah Creek Corridor) and draft criterion for evaluating these projects. City Council asked that Confluence Park be added to the project list for consideration. Additionally, City Council directed the Park Board to further evaluate the criterion presented and provide feedback/rationale as to where $4M in ARPA funding is most suitable within the park system and can be completed by the end of 2024.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:10 ↗ good evening everyone uh and welcome I'm

0:13 ↗ going to call the October 17th city

0:15 ↗ council meeting to order and as a

0:17 ↗ reminder we continue to have a remote

0:19 ↗ aspect to our meetings and both staff

0:21 ↗ and members of the public may be

0:23 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting

0:24 ↗ remotely via WebEx

0:27 ↗ before we begin I'd like to announce a

0:29 ↗ small change to the planned agenda the

0:31 ↗ proclamation that was scheduled for

0:33 ↗ tonight will be returning at a later

0:35 ↗ date with edits that highlight

0:36 ↗ issaquah's strong cultural connection to

0:39 ↗ our sister city Chef Xiao and Morocco

0:41 ↗ until then I invite others to celebrate

0:43 ↗ Goodwill diplomacy and cultural

0:45 ↗ exchanges with me so the first item on

0:48 ↗ our agenda this evening is the Pledge of

0:49 ↗ Allegiance and I welcome you all to join

0:54 ↗ I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:58 ↗ United States of America and to the

1:01 ↗ Republic for which it stands one nation

1:04 ↗ under God indivisible with liberty and

1:08 ↗ justice for all

1:13 ↗ thank you and for those at home who may

1:16 ↗ not be able to see we have a packed

1:18 ↗ house this evening a lot of familiar

1:20 ↗ faces we're going to move into audience

1:23 ↗ comments and this is the time when the

1:24 ↗ public May address the council in person

1:27 ↗ or virtually

1:31 ↗ so those who signed up in advance to

1:33 ↗ make comments will be called on First

1:35 ↗ and if you are joining us virtually and

1:37 ↗ you would like to make comments please

1:39 ↗ raise your virtual hand if you're on the

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1:43 ↗ have joined by computer or smartphone

1:45 ↗ look for a hand icon this can vary by

1:48 ↗ device but one option may be to go to

1:50 ↗ the participant panel and choose the

1:52 ↗ raise hand icon in the lower right hand

1:54 ↗ corner if you're in the room and you did

1:57 ↗ not sign up to speak I will ask for

1:58 ↗ other speakers before closing this

2:00 ↗ portion of the meeting

2:01 ↗ clerk has anyone signed up to speak for

2:03 ↗ General audience comments or indicated a

2:05 ↗ desire to speak this evening yes thank

2:08 ↗ you so for those who are making comments

2:11 ↗ please direct your comments to the whole

2:12 ↗ Council and not to individuals and while

2:15 ↗ this is not a question and answer

2:16 ↗ session we will contact you to follow up

2:19 ↗ if needed

2:20 ↗ when recognized I mute your microphone

2:22 ↗ for virtual attendees or step up to the

2:24 ↗ lectern in front of council for

2:27 ↗ in-person attendees

2:28 ↗ state your name address and relationship

2:30 ↗ to the city speak clearly and pause

2:33 ↗ frequently and limit your comments to

2:35 ↗ five minutes if you're attending

2:37 ↗ virtually and do not respond after your

2:39 ↗ name or phone number is called or if

2:41 ↗ your connection is lost unexpectedly the

2:44 ↗ meeting will need to proceed and you are

2:46 ↗ encouraged to rejoin the meeting enable

2:47 ↗ able to

2:49 ↗ personal attacks obscene language

2:51 ↗ derogatory marks and disruptive behavior

2:53 ↗ will not be permitted citizen comments

2:56 ↗ written and verbal are an important

2:57 ↗ aspect of the public process and the

2:59 ↗ city takes comments seriously and we

3:01 ↗ thank you for taking the time to address

3:03 ↗ us this evening city clerk can you

3:05 ↗ please identify the first person who has

3:07 ↗ signed up to speak this evening

3:11 ↗ yes and mayor I am getting a message

3:13 ↗ that the live stream is uh stalled so we

3:18 ↗ may want to take Aretha a short break

3:23 ↗ short at ease

3:46 ↗ 22nd century problems

4:13 ↗ mayor it's recording and going to

4:16 ↗ channel 21 so if you're comfortable we

4:18 ↗ can go ahead and proceed and we're

4:19 ↗ working on the live stream

4:21 ↗ I think that's good thank you City Clerk

4:24 ↗ okay the first speaker is Michael Ernst

4:36 ↗ thank you

4:39 ↗ my name is Mike Ernst and we my wife

4:41 ↗ Carol's with me this evening and my

4:43 ↗ daughter Emily and her roommates Tim

4:46 ↗ Finnegan Lisa lamb and Jessica kits so

4:50 ↗ we own a property at 240 First Avenue

4:53 ↗ Northeast

4:54 ↗ and uh in galasso and Cheryl Hancock are

4:58 ↗ also here they're the care providers for

5:01 ↗ uh 12 years or more at this point for

5:04 ↗ these uh for young adults

5:07 ↗ trying to come before the council and

5:10 ↗ let them know how important your work is

5:13 ↗ for our benefit

5:15 ↗ we have uh

5:19 ↗ a

5:21 ↗ we have a strong Reliance on the

5:23 ↗ programs that are offered through isawa

5:26 ↗ Parks and Recreation and it never became

5:29 ↗ more apparent than during covid when

5:32 ↗ none of this existed

5:33 ↗ we have about nine in the ours is an

5:37 ↗ independent living arrangement we have

5:38 ↗ about nine homes like ours in the sisqua

5:41 ↗ area serving about 45 young adults

5:45 ↗ and when covet hit

5:48 ↗ everything shut down we had all these

5:50 ↗ people at home full time and typically

5:53 ↗ unemployed at the same time

5:55 ↗ so this was not working real well and we

5:59 ↗ were able to get some of the instructors

6:00 ↗ on a voluntary basis

6:02 ↗ and get them involved in doing Zoom

6:05 ↗ sessions and we hired a fitness person

6:08 ↗ to go to five of the homes on a weekly

6:11 ↗ basis and work on Fitness issues so all

6:14 ↗ these activities bridged us to the great

6:16 ↗ reopening the great reset

6:19 ↗ and we were familiar with the program

6:22 ↗ activity in 2019 and we were serving

6:25 ↗ about 70 individuals at that time as

6:28 ↗ well as special Olympic programs and

6:31 ↗ those did so much for our community in

6:33 ↗ fact I don't think our homes could

6:35 ↗ succeed without these services

6:37 ↗ we also believe there's a big under

6:40 ↗ underserved part of our community which

6:43 ↗ we need to reach out to and that's going

6:45 ↗ to require new programming and adding

6:47 ↗ capacity to what we had available in

6:49 ↗ 2019

6:51 ↗ so we're here in strong support of the

6:53 ↗ budget for Issaquah Parks and Recreation

6:57 ↗ and I just want to say that we're

7:00 ↗ totally convinced about how Vitaly

7:01 ↗ services are to our people

7:04 ↗ we need to add capacity

7:07 ↗ volunteerism is not the answer there's a

7:10 ↗ lot of tired people here and uh

7:14 ↗ Jeff waitland has offered to let me

7:16 ↗ participate in his monthly meetings and

7:19 ↗ help guide some of the path to some of

7:21 ↗ these new innovations that we think are

7:22 ↗ necessary

7:23 ↗ so we certainly appreciate your support

7:25 ↗ and be very happy to answer any

7:27 ↗ questions that you have for us

7:29 ↗ individually at any time so thank you

7:32 ↗ for the opportunity to speak tonight

7:34 ↗ thank you Mike

7:36 ↗ city clerk who's next signed up to speak

7:39 ↗ Leo Finnegan

7:47 ↗ good evening

7:50 ↗ during the Corpus academic many of you

7:54 ↗ experienced some isolation and

8:00 ↗ lack of

8:03 ↗ socialization with your peers

8:06 ↗ for people with developmental

8:08 ↗ disabilities

8:09 ↗ they experience isolation

8:12 ↗ and lack of socialization and social

8:14 ↗ civilization with their peers day after

8:17 ↗ day after day after day academic

8:21 ↗ epidemic or not

8:25 ↗ before cobras

8:27 ↗ the Issaquah Parks Department

8:29 ↗ special Recreation programs provided the

8:32 ↗ opportunity

8:33 ↗ to break the isolation and to provide

8:35 ↗ socialization for their peers to people

8:39 ↗ with developmental disabilities

8:41 ↗ Issaquah had the best program in King

8:45 ↗ County Bar None

8:46 ↗ and I'm not exaggerating I've been in a

8:49 ↗ lot of County boards and whatever and

8:53 ↗ issue called when everyone parks and

8:55 ↗ recs came up Issaquah was the gold

8:58 ↗ standard

8:59 ↗ and

9:01 ↗ advocates for people with developmental

9:03 ↗ disabilities in other cities

9:06 ↗ are been talking and are talking to

9:09 ↗ their Parks departments and their cities

9:12 ↗ to get up to the standard that Issaquah

9:15 ↗ has set it is the gold standard

9:19 ↗ so please fund the special Recreation

9:23 ↗ coordinator position so that people with

9:25 ↗ developmental disabilities in our

9:27 ↗ community

9:28 ↗ we'll have the opportunity to enjoy the

9:31 ↗ quality of life that other members of

9:33 ↗ the community have

9:35 ↗ thank you very much

9:37 ↗ thank you Leo

9:39 ↗ city clerk who is up next

9:42 ↗ the next person who had signed up is

9:44 ↗ Issa Ka Bay however unless Issa is in

9:48 ↗ the room here I don't see that she's

9:50 ↗ attending virtually

9:53 ↗ so the next person who signed up to

9:55 ↗ speak is Jennifer Coombs I see Jennifer

9:57 ↗ is with us virtually

10:00 ↗ Jennifer I'm unable to make you a

10:02 ↗ panelist so you won't have the option to

10:04 ↗ turn your video on but I am going to

10:06 ↗ unmute you now to make your comments

10:14 ↗ can you hear me okay

10:15 ↗ we can thanks okay wonderful

10:18 ↗ um thanks so much for having me uh

10:20 ↗ tonight my name is Jennifer Coons and I

10:22 ↗ am the executive director of essentoft

10:25 ↗ and Research Foundation uh many people

10:27 ↗ in the community know it as project

10:29 ↗ Thrive and I just wanted to I had been

10:32 ↗ wanting to meet many of you in person

10:35 ↗ um I had just not I've been working with

10:37 ↗ other councils regarding Human Services

10:39 ↗ grant funding for the last couple weeks

10:41 ↗ and I finally have gotten the chance to

10:43 ↗ attend one of your meetings so uh thank

10:46 ↗ you for having me here and I just wanted

10:48 ↗ to reach out to the Issaquah city

10:50 ↗ council mostly because you've received a

10:52 ↗ lot of written comments from me Essence

10:55 ↗ health and Research Foundation was

10:57 ↗ actually rejected or not included in the

11:00 ↗ Human Services grant funding

11:02 ↗ recommendations at this time and this

11:06 ↗ particular 501c3 non-profit is based in

11:08 ↗ Sammamish but serves about 60 basically

11:12 ↗ UH 60 of the residents served through

11:15 ↗ this this particular non-profit are from

11:18 ↗ Issaquah and so this was the reason why

11:21 ↗ I wanted to reach out to this particular

11:23 ↗ Council specifically because this is

11:27 ↗ actually the last opportunity for this

11:30 ↗ particular non-profit to be included in

11:32 ↗ that Human Services grant funding and

11:35 ↗ what I wanted I had sent a presentation

11:37 ↗ to you guys so you guys could look over

11:39 ↗ I had looked at everything the

11:41 ↗ commissions had done between Sammamish

11:43 ↗ Issaquah and Kirkland as far as the

11:46 ↗ recommendations about why it was

11:47 ↗ rejected from the initial recommendation

11:49 ↗ and what I wanted to bring up tonight

11:51 ↗ was the idea that I think your strategy

11:55 ↗ of the city strategy is dealing with

11:57 ↗ both basic food needs and then trying to

12:01 ↗ transform poverty and systemic

12:04 ↗ oppression and one of the things that

12:07 ↗ this particular nonprofit does in

12:09 ↗ providing clinical nutrition and yoga

12:11 ↗ services and crisis Services is that it

12:14 ↗ meets the need of the basic food model

12:16 ↗ and the nutrition Healthcare model in

12:18 ↗ the sense that it it helps people learn

12:21 ↗ the tools to take care of their health

12:23 ↗ better even if they're on medications

12:25 ↗ they can help people get off medications

12:27 ↗ for any type of medical condition and it

12:30 ↗ can also help them go to the store and

12:32 ↗ pick better foods that are going to

12:33 ↗ essentially transform these poverty

12:36 ↗ conditions and help people who are

12:38 ↗ essentially in that need that are in

12:40 ↗ vulnerable populations and I have been

12:42 ↗ in that place in my life I have been in

12:44 ↗ poverty I've been homeless I've been a

12:46 ↗ victim of systemic depression so I

12:48 ↗ really particularly know what these

12:51 ↗ people need and what I would encourage

12:53 ↗ because this current funding is really

12:55 ↗ basically hitting it's really helping

12:59 ↗ non-profits that are fitting that basic

13:00 ↗ food model so a lot of the food banks

13:03 ↗ and so one of the things I wanted to try

13:05 ↗ to get you guys to do is to try to split

13:07 ↗ the funding that is being offered to

13:09 ↗ Issaquah food bank and maybe State take

13:12 ↗ about five thousand dollars out of that

13:14 ↗ and put it into this particular

13:15 ↗ particular nonprofit so that both of

13:18 ↗ those models can be served the

13:19 ↗ healthcare model and that basic food

13:22 ↗ needing model that food need model can

13:24 ↗ be served because I can serve both of

13:25 ↗ those models and the healthcare model is

13:28 ↗ being missed in here in the funding

13:30 ↗ recommendation so I would love to talk

13:33 ↗ with you guys more before you make your

13:34 ↗ final decisions in the next few weeks

13:36 ↗ and if I can reach out with you and

13:37 ↗ somebody would like to reply back I

13:39 ↗ would love that I can't get everything

13:41 ↗ now but I just want to say thank you for

13:43 ↗ hearing me tonight and hopefully I can

13:45 ↗ talk with you a little bit more to kind

13:46 ↗ of Flesh this out a little bit more so

13:48 ↗ thanks so much for listening and I'll

13:50 ↗ talk hopefully talk to you soon take

13:52 ↗ care thank you Jennifer city clerk is

13:55 ↗ there anyone else that signed up to

13:56 ↗ speak this evening

13:58 ↗ yes Kaylee Jake

14:05 ↗ hello everyone

14:07 ↗ um thanks for having me I just wanted to

14:09 ↗ give you a quick update on the garage's

14:12 ↗ host home program

14:14 ↗ um I we met with all of you individually

14:17 ↗ over the last six to nine months or so

14:19 ↗ and

14:21 ↗ um I'm very pleased to let you know that

14:23 ↗ the garage board has taken on this host

14:27 ↗ home program which we're calling

14:29 ↗ Blackthorn

14:31 ↗ as a program of the garage so it will it

14:34 ↗ will run under the garages

14:36 ↗ infrastructure and fundraising and

14:39 ↗ Leadership

14:41 ↗ and just to remind you quickly there's

14:43 ↗ two components to this there's the

14:46 ↗ drop-in center

14:47 ↗ which would be a separate facility than

14:50 ↗ the garage and then

14:52 ↗ um and then the housing component is the

14:55 ↗ Hostile model

14:56 ↗ so I want to let you know that we're in

14:58 ↗ the fundraising phase which is where I

15:01 ↗ tend to live for most of my days

15:03 ↗ and we've found I think I mentioned when

15:07 ↗ we were chatting that Kim Reinhardt who

15:10 ↗ runs Mason County Mason County host home

15:13 ↗ program she's Contracting with us so

15:16 ↗ we'll learn everything we need to know

15:20 ↗ about this program and being successful

15:22 ↗ in our community

15:24 ↗ with it so she's been running her

15:27 ↗ program for more than 20 years so I'm

15:29 ↗ really confident in that and then I also

15:32 ↗ wanted to share that we hosted a host

15:35 ↗ home open house at the garage a couple

15:38 ↗ weeks ago and it was amazing we had 20

15:41 ↗ people there and not you know you expect

15:44 ↗ maybe The Usual Suspects but they were

15:47 ↗ all new faces and everybody signed up in

15:51 ↗ it and we had four pretty serious

15:55 ↗ um folks that really wanted to open

15:57 ↗ their homes and were interested in

15:58 ↗ learning more so

16:00 ↗ I I see this all the time but I think

16:02 ↗ this is the best community I mean

16:04 ↗ listening to all that we're doing and

16:06 ↗ all that you support it just it's

16:08 ↗ thrilling right and this is just one

16:10 ↗ more thing we get to do together so I

16:12 ↗ wanted to give you that update and uh

16:14 ↗ look forward to keeping you posted

16:16 ↗ thanks

16:18 ↗ thank you Kaylee

16:19 ↗ city clerk is there anyone else that

16:21 ↗ signed up this evening yes Megan Ross

16:29 ↗ good evening I'm Megan

16:32 ↗ um I have volume syndrome

16:34 ↗ um it's a bunch of genes that surrounds

16:36 ↗ me and penetrates me in life no one

16:39 ↗ really knows how to research it doctors

16:42 ↗ and researchers have come all over the

16:45 ↗ world who support my William syndrome my

16:48 ↗ dad my mom support me in any way they

16:50 ↗ can

16:51 ↗ please if you can to support William

16:54 ↗ syndrome to spread out the word to make

16:57 ↗ everything possible for all the doctors

16:59 ↗ in the USA the researchers educationers

17:03 ↗ we have a convention every two years

17:06 ↗ since covet hit

17:08 ↗ people all over the world don't know

17:11 ↗ what Williams syndrome is but there is a

17:13 ↗ website called boiling

17:16 ↗ syndromeassociation.org to help me

17:18 ↗ spread awareness week because we are one

17:21 ↗ in one million genes that surrounds all

17:24 ↗ of us two you have a unique guests three

17:28 ↗ 10 conferences that are held every two

17:31 ↗ years and we would like a maybe

17:34 ↗ Awareness Week for all participants with

17:38 ↗ more Instagram and other special needs

17:41 ↗ events at seven days that'll be great

17:43 ↗ thank you thank you Megan

17:47 ↗ city clerk do we have anyone else to

17:49 ↗ speak this evening

17:51 ↗ no one else who has signed up in advance

17:53 ↗ thank you very much I'd like to thank

17:55 ↗ everybody who came out tonight and made

17:57 ↗ comments whether in person or virtually

17:59 ↗ but in particular this very large crowd

18:01 ↗ that came to to address the council we

18:05 ↗ heard this evening a couple speakers in

18:07 ↗ support of the budget proposal for a new

18:09 ↗ position in parks and Community Services

18:12 ↗ we heard from uh about some of our Human

18:15 ↗ Services Grant allocations and we also

18:18 ↗ got an update on the host home program

18:19 ↗ that's being hosted at the garage so

18:22 ↗ thank you everyone for coming in and

18:24 ↗ speaking this evening we are going to

18:25 ↗ continue with the rest of our meeting

18:26 ↗ and you're more than welcome to stay but

18:28 ↗ you are not required so feel free

18:31 ↗ as a reminder written comments can be

18:33 ↗ submitted at any time to city

18:36 ↗ councilwa.gov council president Walsh do

18:38 ↗ you have any email comments to summarize

18:40 ↗ on any of tonight's agenda topics

18:43 ↗ oh

18:47 ↗ sorry for any other comments

18:52 ↗ um

18:54 ↗ if the council wishes for you to it

18:56 ↗ doesn't matter that you didn't sign up

18:57 ↗ come on up and

18:58 ↗ do it thanks

19:02 ↗ just your name and address would be

19:03 ↗ great

19:06 ↗ push the button in the center and the

19:07 ↗ red light should come on there you go

19:09 ↗ great thank you my name is David boss

19:11 ↗ I'm related to Megan I'm her father I'm

19:14 ↗ our legal guardian

19:16 ↗ I live in Bellevue but I own property in

19:18 ↗ Issaquah and

19:20 ↗ I do in work with Issaquah as well I'm a

19:24 ↗ Special Olympics coach

19:28 ↗ and I enjoy working with this as well I

19:30 ↗ think they've got a great program going

19:31 ↗ I think like Leo said they had a really

19:35 ↗ great program going and it's and a

19:37 ↗ little sorry to see the state that it's

19:39 ↗ in right now

19:40 ↗ and it's surprising because I just

19:43 ↗ recently did the three-year guardianship

19:45 ↗ report and I don't know if you realize

19:47 ↗ but Washington did change the way the

19:50 ↗ questions in there and the way you

19:51 ↗ report and they talk a lot more about

19:54 ↗ what's important to the individual and

19:57 ↗ how you're going to help the individual

19:58 ↗ really attain their full personhood

20:02 ↗ and one way to do that is to get

20:06 ↗ involved with the community

20:07 ↗ and the parks and rec has been really

20:09 ↗ important for my daughter and for a lot

20:11 ↗ of her friends and

20:14 ↗ I'd really like to see Issaquah step up

20:18 ↗ and get it at least back to what it was

20:20 ↗ three four years ago it's incredible how

20:24 ↗ a little change can affect so many

20:26 ↗ people

20:28 ↗ when you don't have a two-hour window or

20:31 ↗ a three-hour window of Community Club

20:33 ↗ than suddenly a caregiver doesn't have

20:36 ↗ free time and they wear out

20:39 ↗ if you can't go out into the community

20:43 ↗ like Supper Club then Issaquah doesn't

20:47 ↗ know the great folks that are part of

20:49 ↗ the community

20:52 ↗ I know

20:53 ↗ times are tight budgets are tight

20:56 ↗ but you can't rely on volunteers you

21:00 ↗ can't rely on private donations private

21:02 ↗ payments and

21:05 ↗ part of the guardianship the waiver

21:07 ↗ you're trying to get people involved

21:10 ↗ with community activities

21:12 ↗ so I'd like to see the community

21:13 ↗ activities there and the funding for

21:15 ↗ them to be able to help out

21:17 ↗ thank you for your time sorry I missed

21:20 ↗ you David thanks for adding some

21:21 ↗ comments

21:23 ↗ uh now over to city council president

21:26 ↗ thank you Madame mayor um we did receive

21:29 ↗ a few emails just before our meeting

21:32 ↗ started and I haven't had an opportunity

21:33 ↗ to summarize them as far as the budget

21:38 ↗ goes but the other comments that we had

21:39 ↗ received before that we had already

21:41 ↗ summarized so I'm going to wait and if I

21:45 ↗ get a chance to do it with each of the

21:46 ↗ line items I will do it at that point

21:48 ↗ Thank you thank you council president

21:52 ↗ um next item on the agenda will be

21:54 ↗ committee and Regional reports and we'll

21:55 ↗ start with council member Joe

21:57 ↗ thank you madam mayor

21:59 ↗ the Cascade water Alliance finance

22:02 ↗ committee will be meeting October 18th

22:04 ↗ and the CWA board is meeting October

22:08 ↗ 26th

22:10 ↗ October 25th will be a pretty busy day

22:12 ↗ the ltch committee meets the afternoon

22:15 ↗ of the 25th and then the mobility and

22:18 ↗ infrastructure committee will be meeting

22:20 ↗ the evening of the 25th

22:22 ↗ um that concludes my report thank you

22:24 ↗ thank you councilmember Joe council

22:26 ↗ member D Michelle

22:27 ↗ thank you mayor Paulie uh on October the

22:30 ↗ 13th I attended the Eastside Human

22:32 ↗ Services board meeting the entire

22:35 ↗ meeting was turned over to a discussion

22:37 ↗ about the proposal we've had for a

22:40 ↗ strong relationship with the alliance of

22:43 ↗ East Side agencies and at the end of

22:46 ↗ that discussion the board gave a

22:50 ↗ unanimous

22:51 ↗ Authority for uh to go forward with that

22:55 ↗ discussion and so we are planning two

22:57 ↗ events coming up one will be a wider

23:01 ↗ Community discussion about what do what

23:04 ↗ kinds of things would the community like

23:06 ↗ to see an organization such as this do

23:10 ↗ and the other will be a smaller meeting

23:12 ↗ between the two boards to discuss the

23:14 ↗ parameters of a possible mlu we're not

23:18 ↗ discussing a specific approach yet some

23:23 ↗ of the things we've talked about is a

23:24 ↗ merger others is just a stronger

23:27 ↗ relationship and then the third is

23:30 ↗ dissolving both organizations and

23:32 ↗ creating a brand new Organization no

23:35 ↗ decisions whatsoever have been made

23:36 ↗ about any of those those are just three

23:38 ↗ possible paths forward at this time

23:41 ↗ on October the 14th I attended the East

23:44 ↗ Side Transportation partnership and we

23:47 ↗ had two presentations one was about the

23:50 ↗ I5 study enormous project and uh I just

23:56 ↗ listened to it was an amazing and they

23:59 ↗ are expecting their first report out by

24:01 ↗ December and that will be a seismic

24:04 ↗ study of just a small part of I-5 the

24:07 ↗ largest study is going to go on for the

24:09 ↗ next couple of years and then the other

24:11 ↗ report we had was on Seattle's Maritime

24:14 ↗ and Aviation Capital program which is

24:17 ↗ basically the makeover at I cannot say

24:21 ↗ it without saying ctac but it's now C

24:24 ↗ airport through 2027 and they have these

24:28 ↗ amazing amazing plans for that do-over

24:32 ↗ of the airport so those were two great

24:35 ↗ presentations and then the group is

24:39 ↗ going to start working on their

24:40 ↗ legislative agenda and and that

24:42 ↗ concludes my report thank you

24:44 ↗ councilmember D Michelle councilmember

24:45 ↗ hunt thank you madam mayor on Tuesday

24:48 ↗ October 11th the king Conservation

24:49 ↗ District advisory committee met and we

24:52 ↗ did not have any action items we had

24:53 ↗ some informational items including an

24:56 ↗ update on programming that the king

24:58 ↗ Conservation District is doing such as

25:00 ↗ work with Farmers to help those farmers

25:03 ↗ in the County Farm sustainably the next

25:05 ↗ meeting of King Conservation District

25:07 ↗ advisory committee will be December 13th

25:10 ↗ and on October 6th the Planning

25:13 ↗ Development and environment committee

25:14 ↗ met we had two items they were id1092

25:18 ↗ contractor code of conduct and id1276

25:22 ↗ Title 18 process and procedures and we

25:25 ↗ had a very robust conversations on both

25:28 ↗ of these items on the contractor code of

25:31 ↗ conduct

25:32 ↗ we ultimately had a discussion about how

25:36 ↗ we thought it was a listing of all of

25:39 ↗ the important elements

25:40 ↗ um and we thought it would benefit from

25:43 ↗ having more community members feedback

25:46 ↗ on the document going forward

25:48 ↗ ultimately in that meeting this city

25:51 ↗ administrator proposed and the committee

25:53 ↗ concurred that a community meeting on

25:55 ↗ this would be a good next step and so

25:58 ↗ that was the plan that we we came up

26:02 ↗ with in the meeting and the goal would

26:04 ↗ be to do this within the next month or

26:05 ↗ so and then have that feedback return to

26:08 ↗ the committee there is also a checklist

26:11 ↗ that is currently used by the Community

26:13 ↗ Development and planning department and

26:16 ↗ so what we discussed is that likely the

26:18 ↗ vehicle for enforcement of this code of

26:22 ↗ conduct for

26:24 ↗ um for contractors would likely the

26:27 ↗ enforcement would come about through

26:28 ↗ that checklist and then the code of

26:30 ↗ conduct would be more like an umbrella

26:32 ↗ and it would be the way that and we

26:36 ↗ would need to facilitate communication

26:38 ↗ between the community and the developers

26:40 ↗ so that they knew who to contact if they

26:43 ↗ had a question or a problem so really

26:45 ↗ thinking of it more as a as a

26:47 ↗ communication mechanism so be because

26:49 ↗ that element of it was so important we

26:51 ↗ felt like we wanted information from

26:53 ↗ folks about how they would best how they

26:57 ↗ would like to receive that information

26:59 ↗ and and interact with

27:01 ↗ developers so

27:03 ↗ we will get feedback on that and then

27:06 ↗ the committee will discuss that and come

27:09 ↗ back to the full Council likely I

27:11 ↗ believe the beginning of next year

27:13 ↗ on Title 18 process and procedures there

27:18 ↗ were two questions that were asked of

27:20 ↗ the committee one of them was on

27:21 ↗ investing and for vesting we recommended

27:25 ↗ um going with the staff recommendation

27:27 ↗ which was for the city to allow vesting

27:29 ↗ as provided in state law and as

27:32 ↗ specified in active development

27:33 ↗ agreements and then the other question

27:36 ↗ that the other policy question that we

27:39 ↗ discussed was about level of review so

27:42 ↗ we were asked what size of building

27:43 ↗ should be reviewed administratively

27:45 ↗ versus by the development commission and

27:47 ↗ on this on this topic we had

27:51 ↗ a lot of questions we ultimately wanted

27:54 ↗ to get more information about how it

27:57 ↗ would affect how how any of the proposed

27:59 ↗ options would affect the development

28:01 ↗ commission and their workflow and also

28:03 ↗ the timing we wanted to make sure that

28:06 ↗ we weren't

28:07 ↗ making a process that would take a lot

28:10 ↗ more time for for going through the

28:12 ↗ process for anyone involved and so we

28:15 ↗ wanted information about how it would

28:17 ↗ how it would affect timing and then also

28:19 ↗ about how this is

28:21 ↗ um how this is done in neighboring

28:24 ↗ cities so ultimately we we felt we

28:27 ↗ needed more information to make a

28:28 ↗ decision or to make a recommendation

28:30 ↗ rather on that element

28:33 ↗ and then we had feedback on streamlining

28:35 ↗ of definitions which was a majority of

28:38 ↗ this section in terms of the pages of

28:40 ↗ code that we reviewed the next meeting

28:43 ↗ of Planning Development and environment

28:45 ↗ committee will be November 1st and we

28:47 ↗ will have two items of that meeting as

28:49 ↗ well there will be the 2022 comp plan

28:51 ↗ amendments and East Side cities

28:53 ↗ interlocal agreement for climate program

28:56 ↗ I have

28:58 ↗ um two more reports on October 13th I

29:01 ↗ attended the k4c elected officials

29:03 ↗ workshop and I believe

29:06 ↗ councilmember D Michelle attended as

29:08 ↗ well we heard from cities about

29:09 ↗ implementation of climate action plans

29:11 ↗ and about upcoming legislative session

29:13 ↗ and we heard one takeaway was that we

29:17 ↗ are on track to reduce emissions but not

29:19 ↗ on track presently to achieve our goals

29:21 ↗ and so collectively we must do more to

29:24 ↗ address the climate change and this was

29:28 ↗ a special workshop for elected officials

29:30 ↗ there will be a public workshop on this

29:32 ↗ topic later in later and I don't have a

29:36 ↗ date for that yet and then last but

29:39 ↗ certainly not least Very Special Report

29:41 ↗ related to the Kokanee interlocal

29:43 ↗ agreement management committee on

29:46 ↗ October 12th of last week at Sunset I

29:48 ↗ represented Issaquah at a ceremonial

29:50 ↗ release of Kokanee salmon into Lake

29:51 ↗ Sammamish this work is the result of

29:54 ↗ hard work from many partners working

29:56 ↗ together including the Snoqualmie tribe

29:58 ↗ King County and the cities of Bellevue

30:00 ↗ Issaquah Redmond and Sammamish and many

30:02 ↗ partnering agencies and it was a really

30:04 ↗ beautiful event and the city did a great

30:06 ↗ job putting together a video of the

30:08 ↗ event where there's a drone you can see

30:10 ↗ the boats going out and the little

30:12 ↗ salmon fry little coconut fry going off

30:15 ↗ into Lake Sammamish and it's really

30:16 ↗ beautiful so I encourage you to check it

30:18 ↗ out on the city's social media channels

30:20 ↗ and that concludes my report

30:23 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt it's

30:24 ↗ amazing how excited we get about stamina

30:26 ↗ council member Ray thank you mayor

30:29 ↗ Paulie it is hard to follow Kokanee

30:33 ↗ um the East Side Fire and Rescue board

30:34 ↗ of directors met on October 31st or I'm

30:37 ↗ sorry 13th there were two items on the

30:40 ↗ agenda first the board approved the

30:43 ↗ 2023-2024 revenue expense budget for the

30:46 ↗ agency it's the same budget that was

30:48 ↗ presented at our October 3rd council

30:49 ↗ meeting by assistant chief Ben Lane

30:51 ↗ the board also reviews reviewed the eve

30:54 ↗ Side Fire and Rescue strategic plan

30:55 ↗ which was presented at that same meeting

30:57 ↗ with an emphasis on the Strategic goal

31:00 ↗ related to the board of directors the

31:02 ↗ board provided additional input that

31:03 ↗ will be incorporated into a plan and

31:05 ↗ will be brought back at a subsequent

31:07 ↗ meeting for board adoption the next

31:09 ↗ Eastside fire and rescue board meeting

31:10 ↗ will be on November 9th and that

31:12 ↗ concludes my report

31:14 ↗ thank you council member Ray

31:15 ↗ councilmember marks thank you madam

31:17 ↗ mayor council services safety and Parks

31:20 ↗ committee meets tomorrow 6 30 p.m here

31:22 ↗ in council chambers we have one item on

31:24 ↗ the agenda ID 1269 related to Arts

31:27 ↗ recommendations relate fees and moving

31:30 ↗ move-in fees the Puget Sound Regional

31:33 ↗ Council growth management policy board

31:35 ↗ met on Thursday October 6th and uh as

31:39 ↗ uh as early reported no action occurred

31:43 ↗ sound cities Association public issues

31:45 ↗ committee uh met I had an online meeting

31:48 ↗ Wednesday October 12th and while no

31:51 ↗ action was taken there was an initial

31:53 ↗ discussion on a Behavioral Health crisis

31:56 ↗ Care Center's Levy proposal that King

31:59 ↗ County Executive has proposed it would

32:02 ↗ involve five new Regional Crisis Care

32:04 ↗ Centers in each of the five regions of

32:07 ↗ the county preservation and restoration

32:09 ↗ of Residential Treatment beds as well as

32:11 ↗ growing Behavioral Health Workforce

32:13 ↗ initial calculations are a 1.25 billion

32:17 ↗ dollar nine-year Levy and the timeline

32:21 ↗ is a decision on this by February of

32:23 ↗ 2023 as to whether to put it on the

32:26 ↗ April 2023 ballot I would say there is

32:29 ↗ not enough details yet to have it as a

32:32 ↗ good the order conversation but I said

32:35 ↗ if history is any judge then Issaquah

32:37 ↗ will want to know what the governance

32:39 ↗ mechanism looks like and to make sure

32:41 ↗ that elected officials are somewhere in

32:45 ↗ the approval chain for 1.25 billion

32:47 ↗ dollars worth of regional services this

32:51 ↗ concludes my report thank you

32:53 ↗ councilmember Martz Deputy council

32:54 ↗ president Hall no report this evening

32:57 ↗ thank you council president thank you I

33:00 ↗ have two reports on Friday October 7th

33:03 ↗ City administrator Bob quits and I

33:06 ↗ attended a meeting with the new super

33:08 ↗ Issaquah school district superintendent

33:10 ↗ and two of the school board leaders as

33:12 ↗ we continue having our quarterly

33:14 ↗ meetings

33:15 ↗ and we really had a great meeting agreed

33:18 ↗ that collaboration is really important

33:20 ↗ outside of emergency times

33:23 ↗ and so we tried to set up a kind of

33:27 ↗ subject matter for the remainder of

33:30 ↗ our meetings throughout the year

33:31 ↗ agreeing that we would focus on topics

33:34 ↗ including the future development in the

33:36 ↗ city and how it relates to school citing

33:39 ↗ bringing the superintendent up to speed

33:41 ↗ on where we think development is going

33:43 ↗ to happen

33:45 ↗ um we wanted a meeting on our shared

33:48 ↗ resources such as the city pool and the

33:51 ↗ school's Fields And how that agreement

33:53 ↗ happens and then we wanted to really

33:56 ↗ talk through

33:57 ↗ um both of us have Human Services

34:00 ↗ efforts as well as the food bank and

34:03 ↗ lots of non-profits and Eastside fired

34:05 ↗ rescue and how we can be more closely

34:09 ↗ aligned with that work so we're still

34:11 ↗ working out when those meetings are

34:13 ↗ there's also some initial conversation

34:15 ↗ about maybe having a joint meeting

34:17 ↗ between the full Council and full School

34:20 ↗ Board which we haven't since before the

34:23 ↗ pandemic and so I'm talking about that

34:26 ↗ as an opportunity

34:28 ↗ and then the next affordable housing

34:30 ↗ committee meeting is scheduled for

34:32 ↗ Thursday November 3rd and I assume we

34:34 ↗ will continue talking comprehensive plan

34:37 ↗ and how to allocate all of the housing

34:39 ↗ needs across um but I do not have that

34:42 ↗ agenda yet that concludes my report

34:44 ↗ thank you council president next item on

34:46 ↗ the agenda this evening is the mayor's

34:48 ↗ report there will be no executive

34:50 ↗ session this evening is scheduled

34:54 ↗ Wildfire smoke is intermittently blowing

34:56 ↗ into our region so protect your health

34:58 ↗ when the air is Smoky check the air

35:00 ↗ quality forecast to stay up to date on

35:02 ↗ air quality conditions you can go to the

35:04 ↗ Puget Sound clean air agency's map

35:07 ↗ or air now for the current smoke level

35:10 ↗ and report for your area

35:11 ↗ when the air looks or smells Smoky limit

35:14 ↗ your outdoor activities especially

35:15 ↗ physical activities stay indoors when

35:17 ↗ possible if your health conditions get

35:20 ↗ worse around smoke contact your health

35:22 ↗ care provider check on elderly or

35:24 ↗ at-risk neighbors and call 9-1-1 if you

35:27 ↗ or someone else has serious symptoms

35:28 ↗ like troubled breathing

35:30 ↗ a couple comments on our Broadband

35:32 ↗ assessment as part of last year's

35:34 ↗ Community survey we learned that close

35:36 ↗ to 70 percent of residents identified

35:38 ↗ high-speed internet as the most critical

35:40 ↗ amenity to being able to work from home

35:43 ↗ a new consideration for more of today's

35:45 ↗ Workforce despite how important

35:48 ↗ connectivity has become in our lives

35:50 ↗ some residents experience poor internet

35:52 ↗ service which may not meet the current

35:54 ↗ Broadband speed standards in order to

35:56 ↗ get a better picture of the internet

35:58 ↗ service across the city I'm excited to

36:00 ↗ share that this week we will launch a

36:02 ↗ Broadband assessment survey the survey

36:04 ↗ will give residents an opportunity to

36:06 ↗ test internet speed and give feedback on

36:08 ↗ their service the council will use the

36:10 ↗ survey to gather information and

36:12 ↗ understand service quality for the

36:13 ↗ entire community so stay tuned for the

36:16 ↗ launch of the survey this week

36:18 ↗ the lodging tax advisory committee is

36:20 ↗ currently accepting applications for

36:22 ↗ membership from representatives of both

36:24 ↗ businesses that collect lodging tax and

36:26 ↗ organizations eligible to receive

36:28 ↗ lodging tax funds ltac advises on the

36:31 ↗ use of City's lodging tax revenue

36:33 ↗ meeting once per quarter for an hour and

36:35 ↗ a half to hear presentations review

36:37 ↗ funding applications and provide other

36:39 ↗ input on the city's lodging tax fund

36:41 ↗ please visit issaquah.gov apply ltac to

36:46 ↗ apply before November 3rd at noon and a

36:49 ↗ few upcoming community events

36:51 ↗ everyday ways to take Eco action on

36:53 ↗ October 19th the city is hosting a

36:55 ↗ learning event to discover new ways to

36:57 ↗ reduce waste use less toxic materials

37:00 ↗ and properly sort items for disposal the

37:03 ↗ events at the Issaquah Depot Museum from

37:05 ↗ 7 to 8 pm and registration is required

37:07 ↗ there will be giveaways that are

37:10 ↗ included with participation

37:12 ↗ Issaquah school district Community Forum

37:14 ↗ on Thursday October 20th is school

37:16 ↗ district is hosting a community Forum

37:18 ↗ from 5 to 6 30 PM hear from the new

37:21 ↗ superintendent Heather tauyuk and bring

37:23 ↗ your questions the event is in person at

37:25 ↗ the issqua School District

37:26 ↗ administration building

37:29 ↗ King County's Regional homelessness

37:31 ↗ Authority Town Hall

37:33 ↗ kcrha is hosting a virtual public town

37:36 ↗ hall for the Snoqualmie Valley

37:37 ↗ sub-region which includes Issaquah this

37:40 ↗ will be an opportunity for the public to

37:42 ↗ learn more about kcrha and their work

37:45 ↗ and to ask questions the town hall will

37:47 ↗ be held virtually from 4 to 5 30 pm on

37:50 ↗ October 20th and to learn more and

37:52 ↗ register please contact Nigel herbig

37:55 ↗ environmental intergovernmental

37:57 ↗ relations manager for the kcrha

37:59 ↗ and there's a plant work party planting

38:02 ↗ work party coming up join the friends of

38:03 ↗ Lake Sammamish to plant garden and

38:05 ↗ ReStore Habitat on Sunday

38:07 ↗ sorry friends of Lake Smith to plant

38:10 ↗ garden and ReStore Habitat on Sunday

38:13 ↗ October 30th from 10 a.m to 12 p.m

38:16 ↗ friends of Lake Sammamish State Park

38:18 ↗ will provide snacks and supplies but

38:20 ↗ dress for the weather and that concludes

38:21 ↗ the mayor's report

38:23 ↗ next item of business this evening is

38:25 ↗ the consent calendar which was

38:27 ↗ distributed to Council in advance and if

38:29 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

38:31 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

38:32 ↗ approved by one motion have the payables

38:35 ↗ and payroll been reviewed

38:37 ↗ they have they have thank you does any

38:40 ↗ council member desire to remove any item

38:42 ↗ from the consent calendar and consider

38:43 ↗ it under regular business

38:47 ↗ uh seeing none would you have a motion

38:50 ↗ council president I move to approve the

38:52 ↗ consent calendar as presented second

38:56 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

38:58 ↗ any Council discussion

39:01 ↗ seeing no hearing none then the motion

39:04 ↗ before council is to approve the consent

39:06 ↗ calendar as presented all those in favor

39:08 ↗ signify by saying aye

39:10 ↗ aye

39:12 ↗ those opposed

39:15 ↗ that carries 7-0

39:18 ↗ now we're going to move it I'm touching

39:20 ↗ the mic too much now we're going to move

39:21 ↗ into the regular business portion of our

39:23 ↗ meeting and we'll start with

39:25 ↗ ab8402 the 2023-24 budget ordinance

39:35 ↗ I'd like to invite Chief Financial

39:36 ↗ Officer Robert hamoud and budget manager

39:39 ↗ Susie monsell to present this item

39:43 ↗ and who's going to start

39:46 ↗ mayor I'll go ahead and start a good

39:48 ↗ evening

39:50 ↗ Council staff and members of the public

39:52 ↗ this is Robert hammoud the Chief

39:54 ↗ Financial Officer with the city here at

39:56 ↗ Issaquah my apologies I had a family

39:59 ↗ matter come up so I was I'm not able to

40:02 ↗ attend tonight in person

40:04 ↗ but um Susie Montell is going to take

40:07 ↗ the reins for me here and pretty much

40:09 ↗ tonight we're going to go through uh the

40:12 ↗ questions that were asked of us last

40:13 ↗ time and slide presentations as well so

40:16 ↗ I'm going to go ahead and hand it to

40:17 ↗ Susan

40:19 ↗ great thank you

40:22 ↗ so uh turning quickly to where we are in

40:26 ↗ the uh deliberation schedule we were we

40:29 ↗ transmitted the budget on September 19th

40:31 ↗ we've had some various touch points

40:33 ↗ including some deliberations some

40:35 ↗ overviews the public hearings here we

40:38 ↗ are on the 17th which is continued

40:40 ↗ budget deliberations but we're nearing

40:42 ↗ the Finish Line with uh one more meeting

40:44 ↗ anticipated for November 7th and we'll

40:47 ↗ touch more on what kind of happens

40:49 ↗ between now and then a little bit later

40:50 ↗ in the presentation

40:52 ↗ so the agenda for tonight as Robert

40:55 ↗ mentioned will be touching mainly on the

40:56 ↗ topics that were follow up from last

40:59 ↗ week's meeting at the October 10th

41:01 ↗ Committee of the whole including the

41:03 ↗ sustainability fund and the solid waste

41:05 ↗ admin fee the green necklace and Parks

41:08 ↗ planning Northwest Sammamish Road

41:09 ↗ non-motorized improvements we'll also be

41:12 ↗ providing an updated revenue forecast

41:13 ↗ which we typically do in October as part

41:16 ↗ of budget deliberations and then we'll

41:18 ↗ briefly be touching on the other

41:19 ↗ proposed adjustments to the proposed

41:21 ↗ budget the items that have the other

41:23 ↗ items that have come up between now and

41:25 ↗ when it was originally proposed

41:28 ↗ uh so starting with the October 10th

41:30 ↗ follow-up so with the sustainability in

41:33 ↗ solid waste admin fee

41:35 ↗ um in hearing the feedback from the from

41:37 ↗ the council last week

41:38 ↗ um we the proposed budget will keep the

41:40 ↗ solid waste admin fee at six percent for

41:42 ↗ 2023 and we will evaluate the 2024 admin

41:46 ↗ fee as part of the mid biennium budget

41:48 ↗ update next year

41:49 ↗ in addition uh the we have the

41:52 ↗ recommendation to not use the admin fee

41:54 ↗ revenue for facility retrofits and

41:57 ↗ improvements but instead consider them

41:58 ↗ as part of next year's Capital

41:59 ↗ Improvement plan

42:03 ↗ um the next item that was discussed last

42:05 ↗ week was the

42:07 ↗ uh Susie we have a question if it's yes

42:10 ↗ please

42:12 ↗ um so in the conversation with the

42:14 ↗ retrofits I believe we also had

42:16 ↗ electrification of Fleet would that also

42:18 ↗ go for the electrification of Fleet

42:20 ↗ that's correct so that would also be

42:21 ↗ recommended to be discussed with the

42:24 ↗ Capital Improvements that's correct

42:25 ↗ thank you thank you sure

42:29 ↗ so the next item a follow-up from last

42:31 ↗ week's meeting was the green necklace

42:33 ↗ and Parks planning so in speaking with

42:35 ↗ our parks department and we have our

42:37 ↗ parks and Community Services director

42:39 ↗ Jeff Walling on the line with us tonight

42:42 ↗ um the feedback that we heard was a

42:43 ↗ strong interest in increasing the city's

42:45 ↗ capacity to accelerate the progress on

42:47 ↗ the green necklace Vision so the

42:49 ↗ proposal from the parks and Community

42:51 ↗ Services Department is to add a park

42:53 ↗ planning and development manager

42:54 ↗ position so this new position would

42:57 ↗ manage a group of the park Planning

43:00 ↗ Group that would include this position

43:02 ↗ as well as the current Park planning man

43:05 ↗ Park planning

43:07 ↗ what is the title the park planning and

43:10 ↗ project administrator thank you plus the

43:14 ↗ limited term Park planning and project

43:16 ↗ administrator

43:17 ↗ and this new division would oversee uh

43:21 ↗ in large in large part all of the park

43:23 ↗ Planning and Development activities so

43:25 ↗ including the property Acquisitions and

43:27 ↗ other real estate transactions seeking

43:29 ↗ grant funding long-range planning which

43:32 ↗ would um in part be such as the park

43:34 ↗ strategic plan public engagement project

43:37 ↗ management but also collaboration with

43:39 ↗ other City departments public agencies

43:41 ↗ and Community Partners

43:44 ↗ so uh like I said we do have director

43:47 ↗ Watling on the line with us tonight if

43:48 ↗ there are any questions on this

43:49 ↗ particular item otherwise

43:51 ↗ can pop into the next one

43:54 ↗ all right

43:56 ↗ I thumbs you up too fast okay that'd be

43:59 ↗ council president super quickly out of

44:01 ↗ curiosity is the division level the same

44:03 ↗ that the new natural resources

44:06 ↗ um

44:06 ↗ aspect of parks and Community Services

44:08 ↗ is at

44:11 ↗ and also Dr Watley I'm just curious if

44:13 ↗ maybe sometime and when you're not too

44:15 ↗ busy if you can provide counsel with

44:17 ↗ like a family tree of kind of the

44:20 ↗ hierarchy of parks and Community

44:22 ↗ Services now because it's shifted a lot

44:24 ↗ unless it's in the budget over the last

44:27 ↗ few years and I just find it fascinating

44:29 ↗ how about an organization chart

44:30 ↗ absolutely

44:32 ↗ um council member Hall uh to to your

44:35 ↗ question uh this is a this would be a

44:38 ↗ manager level position so comparable to

44:40 ↗ the human services manager uh the

44:42 ↗ recreation manager

44:44 ↗ um in our park operations manager uh

44:47 ↗ your question about the urban Forest

44:48 ↗ supervisor position that position will

44:51 ↗ be in the park operations group so the

44:54 ↗ park maintenance Group overseen by the

44:55 ↗ park operations manager so that Urban

44:59 ↗ Forest supervisor would report to the

45:01 ↗ park ops manager so two two different

45:05 ↗ positions two slightly different

45:07 ↗ organizational levels

45:10 ↗ and happy to provide an organization

45:12 ↗ chart

45:13 ↗ um

45:14 ↗ in the near future

45:21 ↗ way too fascinating councilmember marks

45:23 ↗ uh so uh we had a recent conversation

45:26 ↗ about how to uh potentially spend a big

45:28 ↗ chunk of coin and what's the timeline on

45:31 ↗ continuing that conversation

45:34 ↗ is that

45:36 ↗ um the four hundred thousand dollars not

45:38 ↗ allocated not the 400 000 is allocated

45:41 ↗ for Parks projects that is being put to

45:44 ↗ the side for now is that the chunk of no

45:46 ↗ I thought we were talking about I'm

45:49 ↗ sorry

45:50 ↗ yes arpa yes the the big four million

45:54 ↗ dollar

45:55 ↗ it's on this agenda this evening oh

45:57 ↗ there we go all right perfect thank you

46:00 ↗ now I'm really going to watch you guys

46:02 ↗ see

46:03 ↗ okay

46:05 ↗ they're good great

46:07 ↗ um so at this point I'm going to turn it

46:09 ↗ over to our Public Works director Emily

46:10 ↗ moon to address Northwest Mammoth Road

46:13 ↗ non-motorized improvements

46:16 ↗ good evening city council you asked some

46:19 ↗ questions during our last meeting about

46:21 ↗ this project in particular uh the budget

46:24 ↗ that has been allocated to the project

46:26 ↗ and where we are

46:27 ↗ uh next slide please thank you

46:31 ↗ so we have 1.2 million dollars uh

46:33 ↗ budgeted right now this is a total

46:35 ↗ authorized budget for this project and

46:39 ↗ we're expecting to spend about half a

46:41 ↗ million by year end

46:43 ↗ The Proposal in the 2023 budget is for

46:47 ↗ another 700

46:49 ↗ 000 you did award a contract last May

46:53 ↗ which will extend through next year and

46:56 ↗ that's for the design period and that

46:59 ↗ contract is 1.6 million and that's why

47:02 ↗ there's additional funding proposed in

47:04 ↗ the 2023 budget

47:07 ↗ next slide

47:10 ↗ so I wanted to break down what we have

47:12 ↗ spent those funds on just in a real

47:14 ↗ macro sense we have completed the

47:17 ↗ Wetland delineation ninety percent of

47:20 ↗ the Topo survey and base mapping has

47:22 ↗ been accomplished the remaining work on

47:24 ↗ the survey had to wait until washdot

47:27 ↗ really got out of the right-of-way and

47:29 ↗ allowed us to perform the rest of that

47:31 ↗ survey work given their change of

47:35 ↗ project limits on their project

47:38 ↗ and then we also have been fortunate to

47:41 ↗ select that design consultant and have

47:44 ↗ them under contract the biggest factor

47:47 ↗ for this project in completing the work

47:50 ↗ over the last year or so has been our

47:53 ↗ coordination with washdot that has been

47:56 ↗ significant and they have driven a lot

48:00 ↗ of aspects of our schedule next slide

48:05 ↗ so in this project not uncommon to a lot

48:08 ↗ of our projects in our agency

48:10 ↗ coordination is really important this

48:13 ↗ particular project has a lot of agencies

48:16 ↗ that we are coordinating with including

48:18 ↗ Department of Fish and Wildlife the Army

48:20 ↗ Corps of Engineers and the Muckleshoot

48:23 ↗ tribe and watch that in particular is is

48:26 ↗ the biggest entity most impactful entity

48:30 ↗ that we are working with

48:32 ↗ and we've had to sequence our current

48:34 ↗ work with their project for example we

48:38 ↗ were unable to finish our design work or

48:41 ↗ even begin the design work until washdot

48:44 ↗ gave us some clarity about their project

48:46 ↗ limits and how their project in the

48:49 ↗ right-of-way would affect uh right away

48:51 ↗ on Northwest Sammamish Road

48:54 ↗ and furthermore after they got underway

48:57 ↗ with their construction of the sound

48:59 ↗ walls in particular we had to wait until

49:02 ↗ they were out of that right-of-way not

49:04 ↗ compromising right away on Northwest

49:06 ↗ Sammamish road before we could do some

49:08 ↗ of our activities

49:11 ↗ as we look forward to the next few years

49:14 ↗ we know that we will have to continue to

49:17 ↗ coordinate action with washdot they have

49:19 ↗ a very significant I-90 Culvert

49:22 ↗ replacement project including multiple

49:25 ↗ culverts and combining some stream

49:28 ↗ Crossings under I-90 and under Northwest

49:32 ↗ Sammamish Road and the full extent of

49:35 ↗ those impacts isn't known at this time

49:37 ↗ but we anticipate they will be

49:39 ↗ significant next slide

49:44 ↗ so looking forward this is where we are

49:46 ↗ today

49:48 ↗ um we had a lot of the same information

49:50 ↗ in a previous slide we're very much

49:52 ↗ looking forward to talking about the

49:55 ↗ survey responses from the community

49:56 ↗ survey that recently closed we have an

49:59 ↗ upcoming open house on November 9th at

50:02 ↗ Tibbetts Creek Manor we're looking

50:04 ↗ forward to sharing the survey results

50:06 ↗ with residents at that time and also

50:08 ↗ talking about the desired elements for

50:12 ↗ this project and I'm going to be going

50:14 ↗ to the transportation Advisory Board in

50:17 ↗ December and then returning to the city

50:19 ↗ council first with a mobility and

50:22 ↗ infrastructure Committee in January in

50:24 ↗ the full Council in February

50:29 ↗ looking forward the next phase of our

50:32 ↗ work will include design right away and

50:35 ↗ permitting and we wanted to give you

50:38 ↗ some Target dates for the next

50:40 ↗ significant Milestones I'll just point

50:43 ↗ out our ultimate goal is to have the ad

50:46 ↗ ready design

50:47 ↗ completed by the end of the second

50:50 ↗ quarter of 2024 that's consistent with

50:53 ↗ the information that we've given to you

50:56 ↗ previously

51:01 ↗ and lastly I just wanted to give you a

51:03 ↗ little bit of context about some other

51:06 ↗ factors that have been affecting our

51:08 ↗ timelines on projects this project and

51:11 ↗ others Recruitment and Retention as I've

51:14 ↗ mentioned before are significant

51:16 ↗ challenges for us but also for every

51:19 ↗ municipality in our region and every

51:23 ↗ government entity is attempting to hire

51:26 ↗ a lot of Engineers right now or

51:28 ↗ engineering service firms and that's due

51:32 ↗ to the influx primarily of federal

51:35 ↗ funding

51:37 ↗ we're also finding that professional

51:39 ↗ firms are near capacity or at capacity

51:42 ↗ and that a lot of local municipalities

51:45 ↗ are also competing with sound transit

51:48 ↗ for engineers

51:50 ↗ demand for civil engineers across the

51:53 ↗ country is really Steep and the supply

51:56 ↗ just has not caught up number of people

51:58 ↗ with degrees pursuing degrees or the

52:01 ↗ number of people that are attempting to

52:04 ↗ become licensed is declining having said

52:07 ↗ that our team is working very very hard

52:10 ↗ to be creative and to approach our

52:15 ↗ vacancies with bigger and I have great

52:19 ↗ optimism that will be able to fill our

52:21 ↗ vacancies with great teammates and that

52:25 ↗ will be able to carry out all of these

52:27 ↗ projects moving forward but we did want

52:30 ↗ to express to you that that has been a

52:32 ↗ challenge for us as well as all the

52:34 ↗ other municipalities in our area

52:37 ↗ I spoke a little bit about the

52:39 ↗ complexity of our projects and the need

52:41 ↗ for interagency cooperation that's an

52:44 ↗ ongoing factor that comes with sometimes

52:47 ↗ changing requirements whether they be

52:49 ↗ environmental or funding requirements or

52:53 ↗ documentation requirements all of those

52:55 ↗ take more time

52:57 ↗ and then lastly another factor for our

53:00 ↗ capital projects is that we have ongoing

53:02 ↗ work that isn't capital in nature

53:05 ↗ and initiatives or programs that we are

53:08 ↗ also managing out of the transportation

53:10 ↗ Division and looking forward

53:13 ↗ some of those projects that are

53:16 ↗ non-capital that this group will be

53:18 ↗ tasked with are the its plan and the

53:22 ↗ concurrency update

53:24 ↗ this group also is responsible for

53:26 ↗ working through our c-click fix customer

53:30 ↗ response management system tickets and

53:33 ↗ working on planning and operations

53:36 ↗ coordination along with emergent issues

53:39 ↗ so all of that keeps them very busy and

53:43 ↗ competes for time on Capital Project

53:45 ↗ work but as I said we're working smarter

53:50 ↗ trying to make sure that those tasks and

53:53 ↗ Duties are spread across but all the

53:57 ↗ employees in our division

53:59 ↗ and then lastly we've mentioned before

54:01 ↗ inflation and supply chain issues will

54:03 ↗ continue to be something that we have to

54:06 ↗ monitor and contend with as we move

54:08 ↗ forward to fund and build these projects

54:13 ↗ you happy to answer any questions

54:16 ↗ thank you director Moon councilmember

54:18 ↗ Mertz thank you madam mayor uh I guess

54:20 ↗ my question would be if we had a half

54:23 ↗ million dollar burn rate on this project

54:26 ↗ in 2022 and we're going to have

54:28 ↗ something like a 1.2 million dollar burn

54:31 ↗ rate in 2023 do you have the staff

54:34 ↗ necessary to support the increased uh uh

54:38 ↗ project effort because I know a lot of

54:40 ↗ that is external expenses but you have

54:41 ↗ to have all the people that monitor

54:43 ↗ those expenses

54:45 ↗ is the is the question that's correct

54:47 ↗ this this project is currently staffed

54:50 ↗ uh we have significant vacancies right

54:54 ↗ now and we are working really hard to

54:57 ↗ fill those spots

54:58 ↗ um but this project in particular is

55:01 ↗ being project managed by our utilities

55:04 ↗ manager who is formerly in the

55:06 ↗ transportation division so as you can

55:08 ↗ see we're using all available resources

55:10 ↗ to try to get this project done

55:12 ↗ thank you

55:14 ↗ councilmember Ray

55:16 ↗ um thank you mayor Paulie

55:19 ↗ um I'm going to ask the most unfair of

55:20 ↗ unfair questions so I'm just going to

55:21 ↗ preface it by that but if you were to

55:23 ↗ buff up your crystal ball Emily when do

55:26 ↗ you think we would have the ribbon

55:27 ↗ cutting on this uh really nice

55:30 ↗ piece of non-motorized uh connectivity

55:33 ↗ for our city

55:35 ↗ very councilmember Ray it is it is

55:39 ↗ impossible for me to answer that

55:41 ↗ question in part because we have yet to

55:43 ↗ design it therefore we have not

55:45 ↗ estimated the cost of construction fully

55:48 ↗ and we have not identified the funding

55:51 ↗ sources for this project we layer on top

55:54 ↗ of that wash dots timing for their

55:56 ↗ project and the implications it has for

55:58 ↗ hours and it becomes very difficult to

56:02 ↗ predict that and I I believe we have

56:04 ↗ construction phase shown but unfunded on

56:08 ↗ our Capital list and that's

56:12 ↗ that's all I can say at this point in

56:14 ↗ time we would expect that the

56:16 ↗ construction itself would span uh

56:18 ↗ potentially more than one year as well

56:21 ↗ because Murray thank you for that

56:23 ↗ question I think what I've been hearing

56:25 ↗ when I've been listening to council is

56:26 ↗ while it may be unfunded at this point

56:29 ↗ in time it is a very high priority for

56:31 ↗ this Council and this community and so

56:33 ↗ those conversations

56:35 ↗ will be robust when we get to the phase

56:38 ↗ of having that design and having those

56:39 ↗ costs but thank you for that director

56:42 ↗ Moon I wonder if you could have any

56:45 ↗ information available on whether or not

56:47 ↗ washdot will be meeting their budget on

56:49 ↗ their project and

56:51 ↗ using the three million requiring the

56:54 ↗ three million dollars that the City of

56:56 ↗ Issaquah put up as kind of a guarantee

56:59 ↗ in order to get that space on the

57:01 ↗ right-of-way I'm so appreciative of that

57:03 ↗ projects I don't know how we would have

57:05 ↗ done our project without it but are you

57:07 ↗ aware of the progress in terms of cost

57:10 ↗ overruns or being within budget

57:13 ↗ Madame mayor I'm not but I would be

57:15 ↗ happy to get that information back to

57:17 ↗ you and City Council Members thank you

57:19 ↗ so much

57:20 ↗ additional questions on this project

57:24 ↗ thank you director Moon

57:26 ↗ absolutely

57:29 ↗ great so moving to the updated Revenue

57:32 ↗ uh forecast and and fund balance

57:34 ↗ forecast so as I mentioned earlier

57:37 ↗ historically we do come back as part of

57:38 ↗ budget liberations in October with an

57:40 ↗ updated forecast

57:42 ↗ in particular because uh the revenues

57:46 ↗ that our budget is based on are back

57:48 ↗ from the August forecast which is

57:50 ↗ primarily going to be actuals through

57:52 ↗ April based on the timing of when we

57:54 ↗ receive certain revenues from the state

57:57 ↗ um so with that in mind we have an

57:59 ↗ updated forecast with actuals through

58:01 ↗ September and the result of that is that

58:03 ↗ the big four revenues in the general

58:05 ↗ fund which are going to include sales

58:07 ↗ tax property tax business and occupation

58:09 ↗ tax and utility tax are really holding

58:12 ↗ to that August forecast we're really not

58:14 ↗ seeing a huge excuse me a huge

58:16 ↗ differential from August

58:18 ↗ and um the one thing that we have seen

58:20 ↗ however in the general fund based on

58:23 ↗ conversations with our community

58:24 ↗ Planning and Development Department is

58:26 ↗ we want to anticipate an adjustment to

58:29 ↗ the timing of some of those large

58:30 ↗ development projects that we tend to see

58:32 ↗ every year when we build the forecast in

58:35 ↗ August it's based on the best

58:36 ↗ information that we have at that moment

58:37 ↗ in time but the especially these large

58:40 ↗ projects do see some adjustments over

58:42 ↗ time

58:43 ↗ so the net impact of that is there is

58:45 ↗ one project that will be Shifting the

58:48 ↗ timing anticipated timing from 2022 to

58:50 ↗ 2023 but that revenue is still

58:52 ↗ anticipated and there's another project

58:54 ↗ that at this moment in time we do not

58:57 ↗ believe is going to be moving forward so

58:59 ↗ that eliminated some revenue from 22 and

59:03 ↗ 23 and as well as shifted quite a bit

59:06 ↗ from 20 to um to 23.

59:10 ↗ and then overall the impact of these

59:13 ↗ Revenue changes in particular is that

59:14 ↗ because we're shifting from 22 to 23

59:16 ↗ there is an increase in overall 23

59:19 ↗ revenues over 2022

59:21 ↗ um but that is largely also the result

59:23 ↗ of a reduced 2022 forecast

59:27 ↗ I want to see if there are any questions

59:28 ↗ on that

59:31 ↗ great awesome so

59:35 ↗ um from the adjustments we've discussed

59:36 ↗ so far this evening in the general fund

59:39 ↗ including the revenue forecast and that

59:41 ↗ Parks planning position

59:43 ↗ this slide I will not go through all of

59:45 ↗ these many numbers but we wanted to

59:47 ↗ highlight two pieces in particular so

59:49 ↗ the first that ongoing capacity the

59:52 ↗ difference between ongoing revenues and

59:53 ↗ ongoing expenses in our originally

59:56 ↗ proposed budget by the end of 2024 we

59:58 ↗ were looking at a surplus of ongoing

1:00:00 ↗ revenues of about 500 000. now we're

1:00:03 ↗ looking at a still a surplus but by 300

1:00:06 ↗ 000. and in addition with those

1:00:09 ↗ adjustments we had proposed the budget

1:00:11 ↗ by the end of 2024 with an ending

1:00:13 ↗ undesignated fund balance of 17 with

1:00:16 ↗ these adjustments it will bring its down

1:00:18 ↗ to 15 but still within that 15 to 20

1:00:21 ↗ Target in the financial policy

1:00:25 ↗ um and one thing that I do want to note

1:00:26 ↗ here too speaking of ongoing capacity

1:00:27 ↗ this budget does not include any

1:00:30 ↗ one-time funding for ongoing activity

1:00:33 ↗ we have sufficient ongoing funding for

1:00:35 ↗ ongoing activity

1:00:38 ↗ great so departing from the general fund

1:00:42 ↗ there are a few additional adjustments

1:00:44 ↗ we wanted to highlight from the

1:00:47 ↗ originally proposed budget and both of

1:00:50 ↗ these items were discussed in September

1:00:53 ↗ so the council approved in September a

1:00:57 ↗ Department of Commerce climate planning

1:00:58 ↗ grant for the sustainability fund and

1:01:01 ↗ that is 30 000 both in revenue and

1:01:03 ↗ expenditures in 2023 and then following

1:01:06 ↗ the lodging tax advisory committee

1:01:09 ↗ recommendation in September we did

1:01:11 ↗ increase the funding for marketing

1:01:14 ↗ activities in 2023 and 2024.

1:01:19 ↗ um on the capital side there were four

1:01:20 ↗ projects that we've adjusted from the

1:01:22 ↗ proposed budget these first two the East

1:01:25 ↗ Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast

1:01:26 ↗ pavement preservation project and the

1:01:28 ↗ southeast 43rd way pavement preservation

1:01:30 ↗ project

1:01:31 ↗ we determined that the the budgets that

1:01:33 ↗ were proposed for 23 were duplicates

1:01:36 ↗ should the city reauthorize 2022 funds

1:01:40 ↗ so we wanted to back those out of the 23

1:01:42 ↗ budget so that they weren't duplicated

1:01:44 ↗ in addition the Northwest Mammoth or

1:01:47 ↗ excuse me it's in my mind the Northwest

1:01:49 ↗ Gilman Bridge Rehabilitation project

1:01:53 ↗ um this one was um

1:01:56 ↗ and I have it in my notes excuse me so

1:01:58 ↗ we uh we learned an updated timeline on

1:02:01 ↗ the construction phase of this project

1:02:02 ↗ so the proposed budget anticipated

1:02:04 ↗ construction on this project in 2023 or

1:02:07 ↗ excuse me in 2024

1:02:09 ↗ um based on conversations with the

1:02:11 ↗ public works department we believe

1:02:13 ↗ um that design will go will continue

1:02:15 ↗ into 2024 with construction beginning in

1:02:18 ↗ 2025.

1:02:20 ↗ um and then the Highwood Reservoir

1:02:22 ↗ retrofit project this is in the water

1:02:24 ↗ fund this project had a data entry error

1:02:28 ↗ in budget entry so we needed to update

1:02:32 ↗ that budget to better reflect

1:02:34 ↗ um the actual costs that are anticipated

1:02:36 ↗ in the next two years

1:02:37 ↗ so with all that in mind all of the

1:02:40 ↗ adjustments discussed this evening this

1:02:42 ↗ table summarizes the revenue and

1:02:44 ↗ expenditure impact of all of these

1:02:46 ↗ changes in 23 and 24 and I won't run

1:02:49 ↗ through it here tonight as it is

1:02:50 ↗ included in tonight's packet but

1:02:52 ↗ um just wanted to make sure we we threw

1:02:55 ↗ that summary up

1:02:57 ↗ so next steps where we go from here we

1:03:01 ↗ have one final touch anticipated for

1:03:03 ↗ November 7th that is that will be the

1:03:06 ↗ final public hearing on the budget as

1:03:07 ↗ well as the

1:03:10 ↗ um the anticipated adoption of the

1:03:12 ↗ budget and related ordinances that

1:03:14 ↗ evening and one thing I did want to note

1:03:16 ↗ as well is that we are still working on

1:03:18 ↗ responding to those Capital questions

1:03:20 ↗ that we received from the council we are

1:03:21 ↗ hoping to get those to you as soon as

1:03:23 ↗ possible certainly before the seventh

1:03:25 ↗ and then we will include those responses

1:03:28 ↗ as well in the packet for the seventh

1:03:29 ↗ just to add that layer of transparency

1:03:33 ↗ um and then I have tonight's motion up

1:03:35 ↗ here as well but um before we pop to

1:03:40 ↗ that if there were any other questions

1:03:41 ↗ or discussion or feedback

1:03:46 ↗ Deputy council president

1:03:48 ↗ um thank you very much

1:03:50 ↗ um sorry going back to the Highwood

1:03:52 ↗ reservoirs retrofit the water one so

1:03:56 ↗ that was just a mistake in putting

1:03:58 ↗ together the but okay so but it is

1:04:01 ↗ um we are accounting for

1:04:05 ↗ funding that is coming from ratepayers

1:04:07 ↗ that's already okay yeah and we we

1:04:09 ↗ confirmed that adding the appropriate

1:04:12 ↗ funding in for that project still keeps

1:04:14 ↗ us within the adopted rate study okay

1:04:17 ↗ perfect thank you

1:04:19 ↗ additional questions Council membrane

1:04:22 ↗ thank you thank you for the information

1:04:25 ↗ this is a capital projects question so

1:04:27 ↗ if that information is coming next time

1:04:29 ↗ that would be fine but one of the

1:04:31 ↗ projects here is tr068 which is the

1:04:34 ↗ squawk Mountain multimodal improvements

1:04:35 ↗ it has 200 000 in 2023 which will

1:04:40 ↗ identify a preferred alternative for

1:04:42 ↗ bicycle and pedestrian facilities on

1:04:44 ↗ squawk but then 2024 currently has a

1:04:48 ↗ dash which I take to mean that we don't

1:04:51 ↗ yet know what that cost is but not that

1:04:53 ↗ we're not planning on funding it and so

1:04:56 ↗ I'm wondering how Council can

1:04:58 ↗ given that this is a two-year budget how

1:05:01 ↗ we can think through these these

1:05:04 ↗ projects where we know there will be a

1:05:05 ↗ cost it will not be zero in 2024 and it

1:05:08 ↗ is a project that's been on our radar

1:05:11 ↗ and on our high priority list for a long

1:05:13 ↗ time absolutely hearing the feedback

1:05:15 ↗ from the council both as we were

1:05:18 ↗ preparing to transmit the budget and

1:05:19 ↗ throughout deliberations those are the

1:05:21 ↗ sort of questions we are hoping to

1:05:23 ↗ address in that additional information

1:05:25 ↗ um both what is anticipated for future

1:05:28 ↗ phases as well as what the dollars in

1:05:32 ↗ the proposed budget are anticipated to

1:05:33 ↗ accomplish

1:05:36 ↗ um councilman I would also suggest that

1:05:37 ↗ council president would have an

1:05:39 ↗ opportunity to include comments like

1:05:40 ↗ that in the letter from the council that

1:05:43 ↗ goes with the adopted budget suggesting

1:05:45 ↗ things that the council would like to

1:05:46 ↗ follow up on in 2023 for the 2024 budget

1:05:53 ↗ budget okay any other any other

1:05:55 ↗ questions

1:05:59 ↗ I'm not seeing any other questions at

1:06:01 ↗ this time thank you Susie thank you

1:06:04 ↗ director Moon and thank you Robert for

1:06:07 ↗ being here

1:06:08 ↗ um is anyone prepared to make a motion

1:06:11 ↗ council president

1:06:15 ↗ let me navigate over there

1:06:18 ↗ um I moved to direct the administration

1:06:20 ↗ to Garcia to finalize the proposed

1:06:23 ↗ 2023-2024 budget ordinance incorporating

1:06:25 ↗ the changes presented at the October

1:06:27 ↗ 17th city council meeting

1:06:31 ↗ second

1:06:33 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

1:06:35 ↗ any additional Council discussion

1:06:41 ↗ not seeing any all those in favor

1:06:44 ↗ signify by saying aye

1:06:49 ↗ those opposed

1:06:51 ↗ that carries unanimously seven to oh

1:06:54 ↗ the next item on thank you all the next

1:06:57 ↗ item on our agenda this evening under

1:06:58 ↗ regular businesses

1:07:00 ↗ ab8439 the

1:07:03 ↗ 2023-24 State Legislative agenda

1:07:05 ↗ priorities and policy manual the action

1:07:08 ↗ before Council this evening will be to

1:07:09 ↗ direct the administration and this item

1:07:11 ↗ is before the city council for

1:07:13 ↗ discussion and Direction adoption of the

1:07:15 ↗ legislative agenda will be requested at

1:07:17 ↗ the November 7th city council meeting

1:07:19 ↗ and I'd like to invite our city lobbyist

1:07:21 ↗ Shelly Helder to present this item

1:07:23 ↗ welcome Shelley

1:07:26 ↗ could he be mayor and Council good to

1:07:28 ↗ see you all this evening

1:07:31 ↗ um as you stated I am Shelly holder and

1:07:33 ↗ I have the privilege of Shelly Shelly

1:07:36 ↗ this is uh Tisha it's it's a bit hard to

1:07:39 ↗ hear you

1:07:41 ↗ I'm

1:07:42 ↗ wondering and I'm partly saying this um

1:07:45 ↗ Olin upstairs might be able to help us

1:07:47 ↗ out with that issue in the room here but

1:07:49 ↗ if you could just

1:07:50 ↗ pull your mic a little closer that would

1:07:52 ↗ help

1:07:53 ↗ okay maybe I'll just speak a little

1:07:55 ↗ louder does that help yes

1:07:58 ↗ okay great

1:08:00 ↗ um so I have the privilege of serving as

1:08:02 ↗ the city's State lobbyist assisting you

1:08:05 ↗ all in advancing

1:08:07 ↗ um or in advocating for the city's

1:08:10 ↗ priorities at the state level and I'm

1:08:13 ↗ here this evening to help the city

1:08:14 ↗ prepare for the 2023 legislative session

1:08:18 ↗ next slide

1:08:22 ↗ so tonight I'm going to briefly review

1:08:24 ↗ the city's outcomes from the 2021-22

1:08:27 ↗ legislative biennium I'll outline some

1:08:31 ↗ expectations for the 23 legislative

1:08:33 ↗ session I'll describe the city's

1:08:35 ↗ legislative program the documents that

1:08:38 ↗ are developed to guide the city's

1:08:40 ↗ engagement in Olympia and then I'll wrap

1:08:42 ↗ up by talking about next steps following

1:08:45 ↗ my presentation I welcome your input on

1:08:48 ↗ the doc draft documents that are in your

1:08:50 ↗ packet

1:08:51 ↗ next slide

1:08:54 ↗ so before we begin discussions on the

1:08:57 ↗ city's priorities for the upcoming

1:08:58 ↗ biennium I want to remind the Council of

1:09:02 ↗ your priorities from the last cycle

1:09:03 ↗ because it often takes several biennia

1:09:06 ↗ to accomplish a priority particularly uh

1:09:10 ↗ when it comes to Transportation

1:09:11 ↗ priorities

1:09:12 ↗ so last biennium the city had four

1:09:15 ↗ priorities and we were successful in

1:09:18 ↗ advancing three of the four

1:09:20 ↗ uh the one that was not Advanced the

1:09:23 ↗ I-90 Crossing is one that I'll discuss

1:09:26 ↗ more in a moment but on the screen are

1:09:28 ↗ the are the four priorities from the

1:09:30 ↗ last biennium

1:09:32 ↗ next slide

1:09:33 ↗ so looking ahead to 2023 it will be the

1:09:39 ↗ first year of the two-year biennium and

1:09:42 ↗ it's scheduled to be at 105 day session

1:09:44 ↗ 105 consecutive days

1:09:47 ↗ the legislature will develop a new

1:09:49 ↗ biennial operating capital and

1:09:52 ↗ transportation budget

1:09:54 ↗ and as a reminder the operating budget

1:09:57 ↗ is what funds the operations for state

1:09:59 ↗ agencies including the K-12 education

1:10:02 ↗ system

1:10:03 ↗ the state's most recent revenue forecast

1:10:06 ↗ which was released in September

1:10:08 ↗ projected slightly

1:10:11 ↗ um

1:10:12 ↗ projected revenues for the current

1:10:13 ↗ biennium to just come in slightly higher

1:10:16 ↗ than the prior forecast and revenues for

1:10:20 ↗ the next biennium so for the biennium

1:10:22 ↗ that the budget is going to be developed

1:10:23 ↗ for to be slightly lower than the prior

1:10:26 ↗ forecasted amount the next forecast will

1:10:29 ↗ be released in November and the

1:10:31 ↗ governor's budget will be developed

1:10:33 ↗ based on that forecast overall we are

1:10:36 ↗ expecting a robust operating budget but

1:10:39 ↗ anticipate the legislature will want to

1:10:41 ↗ be cautious about any new spending

1:10:45 ↗ the capital budget is what funds brick

1:10:48 ↗ and mortar construction of State

1:10:49 ↗ facilities that are not Transportation

1:10:52 ↗ related it is funded primarily through

1:10:54 ↗ the sale of bonds and its size is

1:10:57 ↗ relative to the size of the operating

1:10:59 ↗ budget

1:11:00 ↗ we are expecting a significant capital

1:11:02 ↗ budget and the legislatures focus on

1:11:06 ↗ investment is likely to be on Behavioral

1:11:09 ↗ Health and housing

1:11:11 ↗ the transportation budget funds the

1:11:14 ↗ construction and operation of the

1:11:16 ↗ state's transportation system

1:11:17 ↗ historically it's been primarily funded

1:11:20 ↗ with gas tax revenues but the recent

1:11:22 ↗ passage of the climate commitment act or

1:11:25 ↗ tap and invest program has created new a

1:11:28 ↗ new Revenue stream and investment in

1:11:31 ↗ projects or programs that reduce carbon

1:11:33 ↗ emissions

1:11:35 ↗ the transportation budget

1:11:37 ↗ will be primarily focused on providing

1:11:40 ↗ guidance for implementation of the

1:11:43 ↗ recently passed move ahead package

1:11:46 ↗ so those are a quick overview of the

1:11:50 ↗ budgets in addition to the budgets the

1:11:52 ↗ legislature will consider thousands of

1:11:54 ↗ policy bills

1:11:56 ↗ um the outcome of the November election

1:11:58 ↗ of course will determine the political

1:12:00 ↗ split of both Chambers based on the

1:12:03 ↗ August primary it is anticipated that

1:12:06 ↗ Democrats will maintain the majority in

1:12:08 ↗ both Chambers

1:12:10 ↗ and no matter the outcome of the

1:12:12 ↗ elections due to many retirements there

1:12:15 ↗ will be over 20 new legislators and

1:12:19 ↗ following the election each caucus will

1:12:21 ↗ select their leadership which is

1:12:23 ↗ influential in determining what

1:12:26 ↗ priorities are addressed by the

1:12:28 ↗ legislature in the coming year

1:12:31 ↗ all right next slide

1:12:33 ↗ so transitioning now to talk about the

1:12:36 ↗ city's legislative program

1:12:38 ↗ um Issaquah has two documents that guide

1:12:41 ↗ State Legislative engagement the

1:12:43 ↗ legislative priorities and the policy

1:12:46 ↗ manual and because the state operates on

1:12:49 ↗ a two-year cycle we advise clients to

1:12:52 ↗ adopt documents that align with that

1:12:54 ↗ two-year cycle and then make amendments

1:12:57 ↗ to those documents as needed in

1:12:59 ↗ preparation for the second year

1:13:01 ↗ so the legislative priorities is a

1:13:04 ↗ single page document and just like it it

1:13:06 ↗ states it lists the city's top two to

1:13:09 ↗ three priorities for the biennium the

1:13:12 ↗ purpose of having a legislative

1:13:13 ↗ priorities document is to have a focused

1:13:16 ↗ list of items both for your state

1:13:19 ↗ legislators and for City staff

1:13:22 ↗ the legislative process is really

1:13:25 ↗ fast-paced thousands of policies are

1:13:28 ↗ discussed and legislators time is

1:13:30 ↗ stretched their time and their attention

1:13:32 ↗ is stretched if there are too many

1:13:35 ↗ priorities their attention and their

1:13:37 ↗ focus is divided and the likelihood of

1:13:40 ↗ success decreases so a really well

1:13:42 ↗ crafted list of priorities are often the

1:13:45 ↗ difference between whether or not a

1:13:47 ↗ client is successful in achieving its

1:13:49 ↗ legislative goals

1:13:51 ↗ um viable priorities are those that take

1:13:53 ↗ into account current political

1:13:55 ↗ environments and are issues that will

1:13:58 ↗ have the greatest and most direct

1:14:00 ↗ benefit to the city

1:14:02 ↗ the second document is the policy manual

1:14:05 ↗ and this is a document that lists the

1:14:08 ↗ city's position on various State

1:14:10 ↗ policies it's intended to be a guidance

1:14:13 ↗ document

1:14:15 ↗ um that allows me as your advocate in

1:14:17 ↗ Olympia to engage on issues that could

1:14:20 ↗ positively or negatively impact the city

1:14:24 ↗ uh and as I mentioned there are

1:14:26 ↗ thousands of bills introduced

1:14:29 ↗ um and many of them could impact City

1:14:31 ↗ operations

1:14:33 ↗ there are issues where we would testify

1:14:36 ↗ uh participate in coalitions join

1:14:39 ↗ meetings with legislators as part of

1:14:41 ↗ broader efforts but these are not issues

1:14:44 ↗ where we would be the go-to point person

1:14:46 ↗ on on advocacy

1:14:49 ↗ for the policy manual I remind clients

1:14:53 ↗ that the city's voice is most effective

1:14:56 ↗ and potent when weighing in on issues

1:14:59 ↗ that have a direct impact on City

1:15:02 ↗ governance and operations

1:15:05 ↗ next point

1:15:08 ↗ so these are the draft

1:15:10 ↗ 2023-24 legislative priorities for the

1:15:13 ↗ City of Issaquah

1:15:14 ↗ the first priority is a capital budget

1:15:17 ↗ request for a city park project and last

1:15:21 ↗ week you received a presentation on

1:15:23 ↗ options for investment of arpa dollars

1:15:26 ↗ in various Parker projects and later

1:15:29 ↗ this evening you'll continue that

1:15:31 ↗ discussion

1:15:33 ↗ recognizing there are more Park

1:15:35 ↗ Investments than what could be made with

1:15:37 ↗ the available resources we are proposing

1:15:40 ↗ making a capital budget request to the

1:15:42 ↗ state to be able to enhance one of the

1:15:46 ↗ projects that the council selects

1:15:48 ↗ um we recommend that the amount of the

1:15:51 ↗ requests be somewhere in the 400 to 700

1:15:54 ↗ 000 range that's an amount that can be

1:15:57 ↗ competitive at the state level

1:16:00 ↗ and that exact amount will be dependent

1:16:03 ↗ on which projects are selected by the

1:16:06 ↗ council and what amount fills the Gap to

1:16:09 ↗ project completion

1:16:11 ↗ capital budget projects or capital

1:16:15 ↗ budget requests from the state are

1:16:17 ↗ they're not a guarantee on occasion a

1:16:21 ↗ request amount is reduced but the

1:16:25 ↗ applicant is still expected to deliver a

1:16:27 ↗ product with public benefits

1:16:30 ↗ so there are there are two main

1:16:32 ↗ advantages to having this as a

1:16:34 ↗ legislative priority the first is that

1:16:37 ↗ the state would be the last dollar in uh

1:16:40 ↗ for this this potential Park project and

1:16:43 ↗ the projected timeline of the

1:16:45 ↗ improvements would allow the funds to be

1:16:48 ↗ spent within the biennium which has been

1:16:51 ↗ a challenging task for the city with

1:16:53 ↗ past capital budget awards from the

1:16:55 ↗ state

1:16:57 ↗ moving on to the next proposed priority

1:17:00 ↗ um it is in recognition of our current

1:17:03 ↗ housing crisis and issaquah's desire to

1:17:06 ↗ be part of the solution

1:17:09 ↗ um and the factors contributing to the

1:17:10 ↗ housing shortage are complex

1:17:13 ↗ um and the solutions need to acknowledge

1:17:15 ↗ that

1:17:16 ↗ in in light of that complexity there are

1:17:19 ↗ kind of two broad categories that we

1:17:21 ↗ could focus

1:17:22 ↗ um and advocate for

1:17:24 ↗ the first is more funding for acquiring

1:17:28 ↗ and constructing affordable housing that

1:17:32 ↗ will never be able to be met by the

1:17:34 ↗ market

1:17:35 ↗ the second category are is policies and

1:17:40 ↗ incentives that would increase private

1:17:43 ↗ housing construction and some Concepts

1:17:46 ↗ in this category would be streamlining

1:17:49 ↗ regulatory requirements

1:17:51 ↗ or increasing State funding for

1:17:54 ↗ infrastructure that's needed to support

1:17:56 ↗ Housing Development

1:17:58 ↗ the association of Washington cities has

1:18:01 ↗ convened a Housing Solutions work group

1:18:03 ↗ and they are currently developing

1:18:06 ↗ developing a proactive proposal for the

1:18:10 ↗ 2023 session

1:18:12 ↗ that work group is comprised of City

1:18:15 ↗ electeds have a balance of perspectives

1:18:18 ↗ particularly on the topic of local

1:18:21 ↗ control and their wrestling

1:18:24 ↗ um with with the need for balance

1:18:27 ↗ between state and local

1:18:30 ↗ engagement and they're developing a

1:18:33 ↗ package that will hopefully move the

1:18:36 ↗ needle for housing and be palatable to

1:18:38 ↗ the majority of City members

1:18:40 ↗ they are aiming to have recommendations

1:18:43 ↗ in mid-november and depending on their

1:18:46 ↗ that outcome

1:18:48 ↗ um their proposed package is something

1:18:50 ↗ that the city may choose to support

1:18:52 ↗ within this category

1:18:55 ↗ the final priority is a call for

1:18:57 ↗ continued and even greater partnership

1:19:00 ↗ with the state to accomplish the city's

1:19:02 ↗ Transportation goals

1:19:04 ↗ the this priority has three components

1:19:06 ↗ to it the first is continued exposure to

1:19:09 ↗ the city's desire to have an additional

1:19:11 ↗ Crossing of I-90 in central Issaquah

1:19:15 ↗ the last few years the city requested

1:19:17 ↗ funding from the state for pre-design

1:19:19 ↗ but we were unsuccessful in securing

1:19:21 ↗ those funds and for a variety of reasons

1:19:25 ↗ uh but generally the state doesn't like

1:19:27 ↗ to be the first dollar in

1:19:29 ↗ um and they have been much more cautious

1:19:32 ↗ in recent years about funding planning

1:19:34 ↗ for projects that will require them to

1:19:37 ↗ spend more money in the future in order

1:19:39 ↗ to achieve a public benefit

1:19:42 ↗ um but the the good news is that the

1:19:45 ↗ city you all chose to fund the necessary

1:19:47 ↗ planning work which demonstrates local

1:19:49 ↗ scan in the game and it increases the

1:19:52 ↗ competitiveness of the project

1:19:55 ↗ um since that planning work is still

1:19:58 ↗ underway our priority for this biennium

1:20:00 ↗ is to continue education and exposure to

1:20:03 ↗ the benefits of the project

1:20:06 ↗ um it is typical for transportation

1:20:08 ↗ projects of this size to take several

1:20:10 ↗ years to advance but the city's

1:20:13 ↗ consistency and advocacy for this

1:20:15 ↗ project is really important

1:20:18 ↗ the second component of this priority is

1:20:21 ↗ the whitening and safety improvements on

1:20:23 ↗ State Route 18 and some of you may be

1:20:26 ↗ thinking well wait that was funded last

1:20:28 ↗ year and you are correct the move ahead

1:20:31 ↗ package fully funded the project but

1:20:34 ↗ that it is a 16-year package and it was

1:20:37 ↗ adopted without a timeline for the

1:20:40 ↗ funding meaning some of the projects may

1:20:43 ↗ not receive their funding for several

1:20:45 ↗ years

1:20:46 ↗ at a bare minimum the legislature will

1:20:49 ↗ need to decide which projects will be

1:20:51 ↗ funded in the upcoming biennium and

1:20:54 ↗ hopefully get some Assurance to projects

1:20:56 ↗ that will be funded in the next biennium

1:20:59 ↗ the 2527

1:21:01 ↗ cycle so we would be advocating that the

1:21:04 ↗ funding for

1:21:06 ↗ um State Route 18 be allocated to align

1:21:09 ↗ with the earliest available construction

1:21:11 ↗ timeline and again it is is not as heavy

1:21:15 ↗ of a lift as securing the funding that

1:21:17 ↗ has been done that's accomplished but

1:21:20 ↗ having the timing at the correct time is

1:21:23 ↗ just as critical for the project

1:21:24 ↗ delivery

1:21:26 ↗ and finally there are a handful of city

1:21:28 ↗ transportation projects you heard an

1:21:31 ↗ update on one earlier this evening that

1:21:34 ↗ require coordination with washdot

1:21:37 ↗ um I just described another two there's

1:21:39 ↗ also

1:21:40 ↗ um a desire to improve the management of

1:21:43 ↗ traffic lights at several intersections

1:21:45 ↗ throughout the city those are currently

1:21:47 ↗ managed by washdot

1:21:49 ↗ I'm sure as you have heard from many

1:21:51 ↗ staff presentations there's seemingly

1:21:54 ↗ endless need to coordinate with with

1:21:56 ↗ washdot but the agency's ability to work

1:22:00 ↗ with the city and be collaborative

1:22:02 ↗ Partners is impacted by their Workforce

1:22:05 ↗ shortage and so this request is simply

1:22:08 ↗ shedding light on the importance of a

1:22:11 ↗ washed out Workforce and making the

1:22:13 ↗ connection for legislators on the direct

1:22:16 ↗ impact that Workforce has on the

1:22:18 ↗ delivery of Transportation projects in

1:22:20 ↗ their District

1:22:23 ↗ next slide I am almost done

1:22:26 ↗ so the policy manual is the second

1:22:29 ↗ document it outlines the dozens of other

1:22:31 ↗ issues that the city advocates for or

1:22:34 ↗ against

1:22:35 ↗ um the draft document in your packet

1:22:37 ↗ includes many topics that are perennial

1:22:40 ↗ and come before the legislature in some

1:22:42 ↗ some form or fashion every year the

1:22:46 ↗ document is organized alphabetically by

1:22:48 ↗ subject area or ease of reference

1:22:51 ↗ and for the sake of time I am not

1:22:54 ↗ planning to review every statement in

1:22:55 ↗ the document but if there are statements

1:22:58 ↗ that you would like to see changed or

1:23:00 ↗ policies that are missing that is the

1:23:03 ↗ feedback that we're we're hoping for by

1:23:06 ↗ and large this document is carryover

1:23:08 ↗ from the city's previous policy manual

1:23:11 ↗ the majority of updates are based on

1:23:15 ↗ what occurred in the last legislative

1:23:16 ↗ session as well as some City staff

1:23:19 ↗ recommendations

1:23:21 ↗ before we before I wrap up I just want

1:23:24 ↗ to talk through briefly what the next

1:23:26 ↗ steps are the next slide

1:23:31 ↗ um so following tonight's discussion I

1:23:33 ↗ will work with the city staff to

1:23:35 ↗ incorporate the feedback you all provide

1:23:37 ↗ and final versions will be included for

1:23:40 ↗ your November 7th meeting that date is

1:23:44 ↗ flexible if it needs to be adjusted but

1:23:46 ↗ we want to make sure that we have

1:23:47 ↗ adopted priorities before our meeting

1:23:49 ↗ with the delegation in December

1:23:53 ↗ uh on November 30th through December 2nd

1:23:56 ↗ the legislature will convene for their

1:23:58 ↗ committee days this is a somewhat

1:24:01 ↗ unofficial beginning of policy

1:24:04 ↗ discussions for the 2023 session

1:24:07 ↗ um December 7th is when we have

1:24:09 ↗ scheduled the city's annual legislative

1:24:11 ↗ breakfast with the 5th and 41st District

1:24:14 ↗ legislators

1:24:16 ↗ and on January 9th the 2023 legislative

1:24:19 ↗ session will begin

1:24:21 ↗ one session is underway I will be

1:24:24 ↗ providing you all with routine written

1:24:26 ↗ updates

1:24:28 ↗ so

1:24:30 ↗ um that is the end of my presentation

1:24:32 ↗ hopefully

1:24:34 ↗ um there's still time for you to have

1:24:36 ↗ some questions and and listen to your

1:24:38 ↗ feedback on these draft documents thank

1:24:40 ↗ you very much Sean I know Deputy council

1:24:42 ↗ president was holding on to a question

1:24:44 ↗ and I'll look to see if any other big

1:24:45 ↗ school up as well

1:24:49 ↗ are you ready

1:24:52 ↗ hi Shelly

1:24:53 ↗ um thank you very much for that

1:24:54 ↗ presentation I actually have several

1:24:56 ↗ questions but I'll just start with one

1:24:58 ↗ for now clarifying from earlier in the

1:25:00 ↗ presentation and when you're talking

1:25:01 ↗ about the operating budget did you say

1:25:03 ↗ that you expect it to be smaller this

1:25:05 ↗ year than in previous

1:25:07 ↗ um starts to bienniums and why was that

1:25:11 ↗ um no sorry the the

1:25:13 ↗ forecast for the

1:25:18 ↗ upper cast

1:25:19 ↗ okay yeah so I I do expect a very robust

1:25:23 ↗ operating budget okay yeah I do too

1:25:25 ↗ which is why I was puzzled okay thank

1:25:27 ↗ you

1:25:28 ↗ thank you

1:25:29 ↗ um council member Ray followed by

1:25:30 ↗ council member D Michelle

1:25:34 ↗ um thanks Shelly um under the policy

1:25:36 ↗ manual I'm I was I was kind of cruising

1:25:38 ↗ through it and I stopped on the

1:25:40 ↗ Opportunity Center which is a kind of a

1:25:42 ↗ long-standing policy that we've been

1:25:45 ↗ pushing

1:25:47 ↗ um and when it says that we'd like to

1:25:49 ↗ move the the three million dollars it

1:25:51 ↗ was awarded for the

1:25:53 ↗ Opportunity Center from the 19 budget to

1:25:57 ↗ be completed by the end of 2025. a

1:25:59 ↗ couple questions in there

1:26:01 ↗ um

1:26:02 ↗ is the end of 2025 the the end of the

1:26:06 ↗ states 2025 or the end of the calendar

1:26:08 ↗ 2025 because there's a six-month

1:26:11 ↗ difference between those two two dates

1:26:13 ↗ and then also is do you foresee any

1:26:15 ↗ difficulty in getting that kind of

1:26:17 ↗ re-reallocated

1:26:20 ↗ yeah good question so my understanding

1:26:24 ↗ is that it would be completed by end of

1:26:26 ↗ calendar year 2025 but but the way that

1:26:30 ↗ the reappropriation would work is

1:26:33 ↗ typically capital budget Appropriations

1:26:35 ↗ are

1:26:38 ↗ they're funded in a four-year time frame

1:26:41 ↗ so if you recall we received this

1:26:42 ↗ funding in 2019

1:26:45 ↗ um and because capital projects take so

1:26:47 ↗ long to to construct there's a an

1:26:49 ↗ additional two-year buffer that's

1:26:51 ↗ usually in place so now that we're

1:26:52 ↗ coming up at the end of that two years

1:26:55 ↗ from when it was appropriated that's why

1:26:58 ↗ we're asking for the reappropriation

1:27:01 ↗ um so even though the state's fiscal

1:27:04 ↗ year ends in June of 2025 and we would

1:27:06 ↗ theoretically be completing the project

1:27:08 ↗ end of the calendar year 2025 there

1:27:11 ↗ still should be

1:27:12 ↗ um that still should be ample time in

1:27:15 ↗ terms of how difficult of a request this

1:27:17 ↗ may be

1:27:19 ↗ um I'm I I really don't have a good

1:27:21 ↗ sense of that right now I know there is

1:27:23 ↗ really high demand for Behavioral Health

1:27:26 ↗ Facilities throughout the state and I

1:27:28 ↗ think part of the question of how

1:27:30 ↗ difficult it is will come down to what

1:27:33 ↗ types of requests the legislature

1:27:34 ↗ receives for these resources

1:27:37 ↗ thank you councilmember D Michelle

1:27:42 ↗ so I have four items that I'd like to

1:27:45 ↗ talk about and if I'm quite willing to

1:27:47 ↗ do two and yield go for go for it okay

1:27:51 ↗ um the first one is the fourth bullet

1:27:54 ↗ under affordable housing Health Human

1:27:56 ↗ Services and homelessness in the policy

1:27:59 ↗ manual Shelley um and it reads Issaquah

1:28:02 ↗ supports policies and Investments That

1:28:04 ↗ add services and shelter and assist

1:28:06 ↗ communities in addressing issues of

1:28:09 ↗ mental health substance use disorder and

1:28:11 ↗ homelessness and of course I support all

1:28:13 ↗ of that but what worries be about that

1:28:16 ↗ statement is it bundles together

1:28:19 ↗ mental health substance use disorder and

1:28:22 ↗ homelessness and it kind of feeds into

1:28:23 ↗ that narrative that homelessness is

1:28:27 ↗ caused by either mental health or

1:28:29 ↗ substance use disorder and in fact a

1:28:33 ↗ study after study has shown that only

1:28:34 ↗ about 35 percent of homeless people

1:28:37 ↗ suffer from either of those or both

1:28:40 ↗ and yet it's a kind of a handy

1:28:43 ↗ um coupling that sort of takes people

1:28:47 ↗ off the hook for finding Housing

1:28:50 ↗ Solutions for the majority of homeless

1:28:53 ↗ people the what they need is housing

1:28:55 ↗ period And so I'm wondering if we can

1:28:59 ↗ rewrite that perhaps into two statements

1:29:02 ↗ one would be about addressing

1:29:05 ↗ homelessness and the other one would be

1:29:07 ↗ addressing mental health and substance

1:29:10 ↗ use disorders and we already do have

1:29:12 ↗ statements about supporting Behavioral

1:29:14 ↗ Health increases so perhaps we can

1:29:17 ↗ figure out a way to work that statement

1:29:19 ↗ into some of our other statements so

1:29:22 ↗ that's the first one okay

1:29:27 ↗ and just a process question council

1:29:29 ↗ member um

1:29:30 ↗ so we're requesting a motion being made

1:29:34 ↗ at the end to finalize so council

1:29:35 ↗ president how would you like to discuss

1:29:37 ↗ the recommended changes do you want to

1:29:39 ↗ have a council discussion as

1:29:40 ↗ councilmember D Michelle puts one

1:29:41 ↗ forward and get a general head nod

1:29:44 ↗ are we still on questions before we

1:29:46 ↗ receive so I think we if we limit to

1:29:49 ↗ questions at this point and then once we

1:29:52 ↗ have a motion and we can start some

1:29:55 ↗ recommendations continue councilmember

1:29:57 ↗ Michelle okay the second one is the

1:30:00 ↗ eighth bullet under affordable housing

1:30:02 ↗ and I'm just switching back and forth

1:30:04 ↗ here between

1:30:06 ↗ my there we go

1:30:09 ↗ um

1:30:12 ↗ um let's see

1:30:15 ↗ uh it reads Issaquah supports the

1:30:17 ↗ allocation of the state's unanticipated

1:30:19 ↗ marijuana revenues to youth Substance

1:30:21 ↗ Abuse Prevention and treatment programs

1:30:23 ↗ administered by the state to meet the

1:30:25 ↗ behavioral health impacts of the

1:30:27 ↗ covid-19 pandemic this is one that I

1:30:30 ↗ suggested the last time around and we

1:30:33 ↗ did actually see some reallocation

1:30:35 ↗ during the last legislative session and

1:30:38 ↗ I'm just thinking that at this point it

1:30:40 ↗ might be good for us to remove the

1:30:42 ↗ restrictive language and just say

1:30:44 ↗ Issaquah supports use Substance Abuse

1:30:48 ↗ Prevention and treatments programs and

1:30:50 ↗ remove

1:30:51 ↗ the allocation of the state's

1:30:53 ↗ unanticipated marijuana revenues that's

1:30:56 ↗ pretty narrow and we can just say that

1:31:00 ↗ we support

1:31:01 ↗ funding for Substance Abuse Prevention

1:31:03 ↗ and treatment programs period

1:31:06 ↗ so let's see here

1:31:09 ↗ um

1:31:12 ↗ um the third one is kind of an addition

1:31:16 ↗ in the Safety Services and Parks a

1:31:20 ↗ meeting that we had on renter

1:31:22 ↗ Productions and we

1:31:26 ↗ we suggested or we recommended that we

1:31:30 ↗ have the 120 day rent increase notice

1:31:33 ↗ which was passed by the council

1:31:38 ↗ okay sure

1:31:40 ↗ um councilmember D Michelle so you're

1:31:43 ↗ way ahead of us okay I think we're going

1:31:46 ↗ to stick with the Q a and then after a

1:31:48 ↗ motion is made

1:31:50 ↗ um proceed with your suggested edits and

1:31:54 ↗ that will give us an opportunity to not

1:31:55 ↗ only hear directly from other council

1:31:57 ↗ members but also hear from our lobbyists

1:31:59 ↗ as to whether or not there may be

1:32:00 ↗ unintended consequence or a reason why

1:32:03 ↗ we may want to leave the English name so

1:32:05 ↗ do you have questions or do you want to

1:32:06 ↗ save the list of foreign

1:32:11 ↗ and council member our Deputy council

1:32:13 ↗ president Hall you have some additional

1:32:14 ↗ questions and then I'll look around to

1:32:15 ↗ see if there are any more before we ask

1:32:17 ↗ for a motion uh sure thank you um I was

1:32:19 ↗ kind of going through my list and

1:32:20 ↗ actually most of them are comments but

1:32:22 ↗ um you referenced AWC under Deanna I'm

1:32:26 ↗ assuming has put together this housing

1:32:27 ↗ work group

1:32:29 ↗ um to come up with a proposal that I'm

1:32:31 ↗ assuming will get awcts instead of

1:32:34 ↗ instead of no all the time with regard

1:32:37 ↗ to this specific policy do you know if

1:32:39 ↗ rep Bateman or Senator kuder have been

1:32:41 ↗ involved in that effort like some of the

1:32:43 ↗ kind of people I would think of as

1:32:45 ↗ housing champions in the in the

1:32:46 ↗ legislature are people who actively are

1:32:48 ↗ are doing this work I'm trying to

1:32:50 ↗ measure whether or not this would be

1:32:52 ↗ um something that you know would be

1:32:54 ↗ successful

1:32:55 ↗ in the legislature or if it would just

1:32:57 ↗ be

1:32:59 ↗ do you understand what I'm saying yeah

1:33:04 ↗ the question because you're right and

1:33:06 ↗ the yes

1:33:07 ↗ Washington cities could work in a silo

1:33:09 ↗ and develop something that works for

1:33:10 ↗ cities but doesn't really work for

1:33:12 ↗ anyone else and in that regard is not

1:33:14 ↗ politically feasible

1:33:16 ↗ um so the Housing Solutions work group

1:33:18 ↗ is comprised of City electives but they

1:33:21 ↗ have been doing extended meetings with

1:33:24 ↗ an extended group so that includes

1:33:26 ↗ representative Bateman

1:33:28 ↗ um I don't know if Senator Cooter is one

1:33:30 ↗ of the invited members but essentially

1:33:33 ↗ key members of the legislature and the

1:33:35 ↗ broader housing stakeholder Community to

1:33:39 ↗ discuss the the proposals that the work

1:33:42 ↗ group is considering and so I guess the

1:33:45 ↗ direct answer to your question is yes I

1:33:46 ↗ do think it's something that will be

1:33:48 ↗ politically feasible

1:33:51 ↗ that's great

1:33:52 ↗ um another question I had was um I know

1:33:57 ↗ um and I'm interested in in your

1:33:59 ↗ feedback on whether or not this would be

1:34:01 ↗ kind of a practical thing for us to do

1:34:02 ↗ because I'm it has to do with adding

1:34:05 ↗ quite a bit to our legislative agenda so

1:34:07 ↗ for example the city of North Bend

1:34:09 ↗ usually

1:34:10 ↗ adopts an addendum which is Eastside

1:34:13 ↗ fire and rescues legislative agenda to

1:34:15 ↗ their legislative policy manual or

1:34:17 ↗ whatever they whatever the nomenclature

1:34:19 ↗ for that is and then I know the city of

1:34:22 ↗ Maple Valley has a very strong

1:34:24 ↗ partnership with the Tahoma school

1:34:25 ↗ district and they actively engage in

1:34:28 ↗ group priorities and stuff like that is

1:34:30 ↗ this something that you think would be

1:34:32 ↗ of benefit to Issaquah to kind of adopt

1:34:34 ↗ some of our close partner priorities

1:34:38 ↗ into our own framework

1:34:41 ↗ yeah I think

1:34:43 ↗ um it really comes down to whether or

1:34:45 ↗ not the priorities of your your partner

1:34:47 ↗ organizations are also the city's

1:34:50 ↗ priorities so if there's a direct Nexus

1:34:52 ↗ to something that the city is working on

1:34:54 ↗ in coordination say with you know

1:34:56 ↗ Eastside fire and rescue then I do think

1:34:59 ↗ it makes sense to have you know a

1:35:01 ↗ section in the policy manual perhaps

1:35:04 ↗ that we call partner priorities you know

1:35:06 ↗ and we list what those those various

1:35:09 ↗ um partner agencies what they're asking

1:35:11 ↗ the legislature for but I do think that

1:35:13 ↗ it's most beneficial when there is a

1:35:16 ↗ direct connection to something that the

1:35:18 ↗ the city is also prioritizing

1:35:22 ↗ okay thank you

1:35:24 ↗ um I wonder uh this is the mayor if you

1:35:27 ↗ could expand on that a little bit

1:35:28 ↗ Shelley like let's do an example if you

1:35:30 ↗ say fire and rescue has some labor

1:35:32 ↗ standards in there that are unique to

1:35:34 ↗ Fire and not to City staff

1:35:37 ↗ um is that Divergent from what you just

1:35:40 ↗ said or is that like I'm not exactly

1:35:43 ↗ sure I understood what your comment was

1:35:45 ↗ yeah so I guess that would be that would

1:35:48 ↗ be an example of a situation where I

1:35:50 ↗ don't I don't know that it would make

1:35:52 ↗ sense to be in the city's policy manual

1:35:55 ↗ um unless you know the labor standards

1:35:57 ↗ are resulting in some type of you know

1:35:59 ↗ Workforce shortage and therefore not

1:36:00 ↗ adequate services for a supply residence

1:36:03 ↗ so then there would be a direct

1:36:04 ↗ connection to okay we want to be

1:36:06 ↗ supportive that that Issaquah residents

1:36:09 ↗ have the you know emergency response

1:36:11 ↗ services that are needed and this is why

1:36:12 ↗ we support that legislative priority but

1:36:16 ↗ otherwise if the the proposed policy

1:36:20 ↗ change would not affect city staff or

1:36:23 ↗ you know in this scenario then

1:36:26 ↗ yeah my recommendation that we it would

1:36:29 ↗ be that we would not include that in the

1:36:31 ↗ policy manual I think that also comes

1:36:34 ↗ down to

1:36:35 ↗ what the relationship is with a partner

1:36:37 ↗ agency

1:36:39 ↗ um oftentimes it's very difficult to get

1:36:41 ↗ issues passed in the legislature and

1:36:44 ↗ working in coordination with partner

1:36:47 ↗ groups is really important and so if we

1:36:51 ↗ have a partner agency that is coming and

1:36:54 ↗ asking for the city's support but

1:36:56 ↗ there's not necessarily a direct Nexus

1:36:58 ↗ to City operations there still may be a

1:37:02 ↗ scenario where it makes sense for the

1:37:04 ↗ city to support that entity's work in

1:37:07 ↗ the legislature because

1:37:09 ↗ there will be a time when we may need

1:37:11 ↗ their support in the legislature so I

1:37:14 ↗ guess it's probably best to take it on a

1:37:15 ↗ case-by-case basis rather than a

1:37:17 ↗ sweeping policy for all partner

1:37:19 ↗ priorities

1:37:21 ↗ interesting uh City administer buckwoods

1:37:24 ↗ did you wanna just to amplify I want to

1:37:27 ↗ be mindful of time this evening as well

1:37:30 ↗ um we have a very able lobbyist in

1:37:32 ↗ Olympia and I think she will take

1:37:34 ↗ advantage of the opportunity to help our

1:37:38 ↗ neighbor agencies the school district

1:37:39 ↗ fire district other municipalities as he

1:37:42 ↗ fit and she will not be shy to reach out

1:37:44 ↗ to their representatives in Olympia if

1:37:47 ↗ they could be helpful to us those other

1:37:49 ↗ agencies so I I think that again keeping

1:37:53 ↗ a real laser focus on this is really

1:37:56 ↗ important for the City of Issaquah my

1:37:59 ↗ recommendation is keep your list short

1:38:01 ↗ keep it sweet and we will benefit the

1:38:04 ↗ most and leave the rest to our able

1:38:06 ↗ representation in Olympia for the

1:38:08 ↗ day-to-day hour to hour

1:38:09 ↗ work that happens

1:38:11 ↗ thank you Deputy council president well

1:38:14 ↗ into some contact the only reason I

1:38:15 ↗ bring it up is through the context of

1:38:17 ↗ the policy manual which isn't really a

1:38:19 ↗ document that is the the audience is

1:38:22 ↗ really Shelly like in in how you go

1:38:24 ↗ about you know lobbying for the city of

1:38:26 ↗ iska it's not necessarily for the

1:38:28 ↗ legislators too so you know some of the

1:38:31 ↗ um discussions that we have here can

1:38:33 ↗ just be useful contexts that you take

1:38:35 ↗ with you to the legislature don't

1:38:37 ↗ necessarily need to be active changes to

1:38:38 ↗ the document too

1:38:42 ↗ um council member hunt

1:38:44 ↗ thank you so one of the recommended

1:38:47 ↗ Capital priorities is this park

1:38:49 ↗ enhancement project for 400 to 700

1:38:52 ↗ 000 and we have yet to have that

1:38:56 ↗ discussion this evening about those

1:38:58 ↗ Parks projects we we had an initial

1:39:00 ↗ conversation last week and had three

1:39:03 ↗ options that were um that we had

1:39:06 ↗ information from our Parks Board about

1:39:07 ↗ you know the different uh merits of

1:39:10 ↗ different projects and so I wondered if

1:39:11 ↗ you could provide us with some feedback

1:39:15 ↗ from your perspective on which of those

1:39:18 ↗ or what components would make it most

1:39:20 ↗ competitive and I I imagine being

1:39:22 ↗ competitive is important especially when

1:39:24 ↗ many other cities also have arpa funded

1:39:27 ↗ infrastructure projects and probably are

1:39:29 ↗ also looking to

1:39:31 ↗ um to make sure that they can finish

1:39:32 ↗ them

1:39:34 ↗ yeah that's a great president Council a

1:39:37 ↗ great question councilmember hunt the um

1:39:40 ↗ so in I went back and I reviewed all the

1:39:44 ↗ materials from the presentation that you

1:39:46 ↗ guys received last week and the the park

1:39:49 ↗ project that seems most compelling to me

1:39:51 ↗ and and is what I would recommend and I

1:39:53 ↗ think is what we will be

1:39:55 ↗ um reflected in your discussion for the

1:39:57 ↗ next agenda item is the Veterans Park or

1:40:01 ↗ the Veterans Memorial Consolidated Park

1:40:03 ↗ component and that has The Pedestrian

1:40:06 ↗ Park and the Senior Center Plaza as part

1:40:08 ↗ of it

1:40:09 ↗ um and I I think the most space way that

1:40:14 ↗ I can explain why that sounds compelling

1:40:16 ↗ is

1:40:18 ↗ um the the legislature is

1:40:22 ↗ um they're more inclined to fund

1:40:24 ↗ projects for

1:40:25 ↗ um

1:40:26 ↗ uh minority groups particularly veterans

1:40:30 ↗ and seniors and those have been

1:40:32 ↗ populations that they have wanted to

1:40:35 ↗ invest in in recent years so not

1:40:39 ↗ necessarily that the Veterans Memorial

1:40:41 ↗ Park is exclusive for veterans

1:40:45 ↗ um but at the senior center plaza could

1:40:48 ↗ be so that's that would be my

1:40:51 ↗ recommendation ultimately what we want

1:40:54 ↗ um what I advise for competitiveness

1:40:57 ↗ when it comes to capital budget projects

1:40:59 ↗ are

1:41:01 ↗ is there a need

1:41:03 ↗ we we keep we can't be really compelling

1:41:06 ↗ and and compete well with other

1:41:09 ↗ communities if we don't have a true need

1:41:11 ↗ and so if we can demonstrate that there

1:41:14 ↗ is a a really great need for these Park

1:41:18 ↗ enhancements in the community and that

1:41:21 ↗ the city has a significant amount of

1:41:24 ↗ funding that they've committed even if

1:41:27 ↗ it is federal dollars it's money that

1:41:29 ↗ you all are determining how to use and

1:41:31 ↗ you're choosing to prioritize it in this

1:41:33 ↗ way that is compelling for for

1:41:36 ↗ legislators so I think the

1:41:40 ↗ um recognizing that you still have

1:41:42 ↗ decisions to make that would that would

1:41:44 ↗ be my recommendation

1:41:48 ↗ um before I go back to Deputy council

1:41:50 ↗ president Hall I'm going to look around

1:41:51 ↗ the table there have been three council

1:41:54 ↗ members who've yet to contribute could I

1:41:55 ↗ go back to the deputy council president

1:41:57 ↗ or would you like to ask a question

1:41:58 ↗ okay we are going to Deputy council

1:42:01 ↗ president Hall last question I swear

1:42:04 ↗ um for the administration as well as

1:42:06 ↗ Shelley

1:42:07 ↗ um one thing that's been really

1:42:09 ↗ successful

1:42:10 ↗ um in the fifth legislative district in

1:42:12 ↗ particular is kind of smaller scale

1:42:15 ↗ budget Proviso requests for kind of

1:42:17 ↗ pilot style projects in the region that

1:42:19 ↗ then inform legislators for more

1:42:22 ↗ expansive programs in the future like

1:42:24 ↗ for example our Behavioral Health

1:42:26 ↗ coordinators here in Issaquah that job

1:42:29 ↗ description was literally copied and

1:42:30 ↗ pasted over first Snoqualmie Behavioral

1:42:33 ↗ Health coordinator that was funded as a

1:42:35 ↗ pilot program in the operating budget

1:42:38 ↗ have we thought from an administrative

1:42:39 ↗ perspective if there are any kind of

1:42:41 ↗ small

1:42:42 ↗ funding opportunities that we can pursue

1:42:45 ↗ that the argument would be this will

1:42:48 ↗ help be a model for the rest of the

1:42:49 ↗ region and this is why we think like

1:42:51 ↗ some things that come to mind are like

1:42:53 ↗ the emergency temporary housing program

1:42:55 ↗ that we have

1:42:57 ↗ um maybe funding for ongoing work for

1:42:59 ↗ the co-response program that that Monica

1:43:02 ↗ is doing working with partners and all

1:43:03 ↗ that have we kind of put any thought

1:43:05 ↗ into that or should we

1:43:07 ↗ uh City administrator

1:43:10 ↗ uh

1:43:11 ↗ I think our Focus has been on the

1:43:14 ↗ capital project that we're describing

1:43:16 ↗ um

1:43:17 ↗ I think as we compete uh regionally

1:43:19 ↗ Statewide with other priorities we and

1:43:23 ↗ we've talked a lot about this over the

1:43:25 ↗ last several months uh that's probably

1:43:27 ↗ our big biggest opportunity we can

1:43:30 ↗ certainly look at other options as well

1:43:32 ↗ but I think as we've talked our track

1:43:35 ↗ record of implementing capital projects

1:43:37 ↗ is not one of the state's better ones

1:43:41 ↗ and unfortunately I think people realize

1:43:43 ↗ that in Olympia and I think the sooner

1:43:46 ↗ we can write that that will give us more

1:43:48 ↗ flexibility with other asks moving

1:43:50 ↗ forward so I think we've been very

1:43:52 ↗ focused on coming up on the capital ask

1:43:54 ↗ that we can deliver on uh show our state

1:43:57 ↗ representative show the larger

1:43:59 ↗ legislature that we get things done here

1:44:02 ↗ in Nisswa and I think that will help us

1:44:03 ↗ in the future with other asks so that's

1:44:06 ↗ that's been the thinking over the last

1:44:08 ↗ six months or so

1:44:10 ↗ but I have to say I also think the idea

1:44:12 ↗ of being known as the innovator City

1:44:14 ↗ like we are and thinking about that as

1:44:17 ↗ we pilot other programs that was a great

1:44:19 ↗ suggestion really great suggestion other

1:44:22 ↗ questions before we move to emotion

1:44:26 ↗ not seeing any other questions

1:44:29 ↗ is someone prepared to make a motion

1:44:32 ↗ we have a community comments

1:44:36 ↗ after this one or

1:44:39 ↗ um we do not have Community comments

1:44:42 ↗ okay oh did you have some some comments

1:44:44 ↗ from the public that related to this

1:44:45 ↗ that you wanted to no okay

1:44:48 ↗ so no we don't have a public comment

1:44:50 ↗ period at this point

1:44:53 ↗ so we would be moving to a motion

1:44:56 ↗ okay

1:44:58 ↗ um

1:44:58 ↗ so in the proposed motion it says

1:45:01 ↗ something about insert policy area so I

1:45:04 ↗ just want to get clarity on that

1:45:07 ↗ and I'm sorry about that I would suggest

1:45:09 ↗ just moving the the base motion removing

1:45:13 ↗ that reference and then if the council

1:45:15 ↗ wanted to discuss changes

1:45:18 ↗ after the Motions made that way thank

1:45:19 ↗ you okay so I moved to direct the

1:45:21 ↗ administration to finalize the 2023-2024

1:45:25 ↗ legislative agenda returning to the

1:45:27 ↗ November 7th 2022 city council meeting

1:45:30 ↗ for adoption

1:45:32 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded and

1:45:34 ↗ I know there's discussion because we

1:45:36 ↗ have at least one council member with

1:45:37 ↗ four suggestions so

1:45:40 ↗ um I was keeping track of them uh

1:45:42 ↗ councilmember D Michelle but maybe at

1:45:43 ↗ this point in time we could take each

1:45:45 ↗ one individually

1:45:46 ↗ that's acceptable to the body

1:45:49 ↗ um yes and so are these in the form of

1:45:51 ↗ amendments to the

1:45:53 ↗ um motion that that was just made or

1:46:02 ↗ mayor this I think there could be a

1:46:05 ↗ decision made I think there could just

1:46:07 ↗ be some organic discussion that could

1:46:09 ↗ result in a amendment that could

1:46:12 ↗ incorporate all particular multiple

1:46:15 ↗ changes so we can have

1:46:17 ↗ we're still coming back so we can have

1:46:19 ↗ we can have a conversation on the Diaz

1:46:22 ↗ on each one of these okay okay all right

1:46:25 ↗ so should I repeat real quickly just

1:46:27 ↗ quickly okay

1:46:29 ↗ um fourth bullet under affordable

1:46:31 ↗ housing would be to separate the mental

1:46:34 ↗ health substance abuse disorders from

1:46:36 ↗ the homelessness

1:46:38 ↗ I support the statement entirely I just

1:46:42 ↗ am concerned about bundling those

1:46:44 ↗ together the second one was

1:46:47 ↗ um

1:46:47 ↗ around the eighth bullet under

1:46:50 ↗ affordable housing I'm suggesting that

1:46:53 ↗ we remove what I call the restrictive

1:46:55 ↗ language around unanticipated marijuana

1:46:58 ↗ revenues and just stating that we

1:47:00 ↗ support

1:47:02 ↗ um increased funding for a youth

1:47:05 ↗ Substance Abuse Prevention

1:47:08 ↗ and then the third one that I was

1:47:11 ↗ bringing up the Safety Services and

1:47:13 ↗ Parks committee Council committee

1:47:17 ↗ suggested that we might add the 120 day

1:47:20 ↗ rent increase notice to our legislative

1:47:23 ↗ priorities that was part of that

1:47:25 ↗ discussion at that

1:47:27 ↗ Council committee meeting so that would

1:47:30 ↗ be something that as a council We could

1:47:33 ↗ decide whether we wanted to do or not

1:47:35 ↗ and then

1:47:38 ↗ the last one was really kind of a

1:47:41 ↗ question question and clarification the

1:47:44 ↗ second bullet under land use reads

1:47:46 ↗ Issaquah supports the current Urban

1:47:49 ↗ growth area boundary and would oppose

1:47:51 ↗ any efforts to modify it or other

1:47:54 ↗ actions that would result in additional

1:47:56 ↗ growth that is not connected to

1:47:57 ↗ transportation funding it raised the

1:48:00 ↗ question for me about again about the

1:48:04 ↗ difficult place that the Issaquah school

1:48:06 ↗ district finds itself in in relation to

1:48:09 ↗ the urban growth area boundary and I

1:48:11 ↗ thought that there were discussions

1:48:12 ↗ going on about possibly an exception

1:48:17 ↗ about land that's contiguous to the

1:48:20 ↗ urban growth boundary I don't know if

1:48:22 ↗ those discussions are still going on or

1:48:23 ↗ what but I wanted to flag it because I'm

1:48:27 ↗ wondering if this this is this is a very

1:48:29 ↗ strong statement about we don't want any

1:48:33 ↗ changes generally I would support that

1:48:36 ↗ entirely but I am concerned learned as

1:48:39 ↗ well about the Issaquah school district

1:48:42 ↗ and it does affect us as a city because

1:48:45 ↗ we might end up with a lot of schools

1:48:47 ↗ inside of our inside of our boundaries

1:48:50 ↗ because they have no other place to go

1:48:52 ↗ so I wanted to flag that for a

1:48:55 ↗ discussion by the council so those are

1:48:57 ↗ those are the four that I would like to

1:48:58 ↗ bring up is councilman Mertz would you

1:49:00 ↗ like to start with the fourth yes I sure

1:49:02 ↗ would and I have some comments that as

1:49:04 ↗ well thank you councilmember yeah two

1:49:06 ↗ two unrelated comments about that the

1:49:09 ↗ first is very specific you know I've

1:49:12 ↗ been on gmpc when this issue has come up

1:49:14 ↗ in the past and the county has really

1:49:17 ↗ really shut the district down and

1:49:21 ↗ um I I don't personally see that policy

1:49:25 ↗ changing I just the county has

1:49:28 ↗ historically been extremely

1:49:29 ↗ unsympathetic and and I I've I've really

1:49:32 ↗ tried hard to push that conversation and

1:49:35 ↗ gotten nowhere with the county the

1:49:38 ↗ second thing is and this isn't anything

1:49:40 ↗ that I'm going to suggest doing

1:49:41 ↗ differently this year but I think that

1:49:44 ↗ statement the commitment to the urban

1:49:45 ↗ growth boundary line

1:49:48 ↗ is it that's a policy that I've

1:49:50 ↗ supported for a decade but as I've seen

1:49:52 ↗ housing prices go up and up and up and

1:49:54 ↗ up I think that there is probably coming

1:49:57 ↗ a conversation where as a community we

1:50:00 ↗ have to say if if if we have a policy

1:50:04 ↗ that makes it that our residents and all

1:50:05 ↗ the residents of King County can't

1:50:07 ↗ afford to live in King County and that

1:50:09 ↗ policy doesn't work and I'm not prepared

1:50:11 ↗ tonight to change that but I'll just say

1:50:13 ↗ that next year I think there may if

1:50:17 ↗ prices continue to go through the roof

1:50:19 ↗ I'm going to have a concern about I've

1:50:22 ↗ been saying for a while that I don't

1:50:24 ↗ know if that policy if it keeps driving

1:50:26 ↗ prices up is going to work as a as a

1:50:29 ↗ Metro so again for changing it tonight

1:50:31 ↗ but

1:50:33 ↗ and with the council's permission I'd

1:50:35 ↗ like to add some stuff that I'm

1:50:36 ↗ administratively working on so thank you

1:50:38 ↗ for that council member Martz I

1:50:40 ↗ completely agree that this is the time

1:50:42 ↗ probably to stick with that language but

1:50:45 ↗ unfortunately after the reckle house

1:50:47 ↗ study that they did on a 30 year old

1:50:50 ↗ growth management act came out and said

1:50:52 ↗ we didn't have to do much that's super

1:50:54 ↗ disappointing because I think

1:50:55 ↗ implementation has shown us that we

1:50:57 ↗ actually do have to do something but

1:50:59 ↗ it's not necessarily to throw everything

1:51:01 ↗ out it'll be some adjustments I have

1:51:04 ↗ reached out to get historic planning

1:51:07 ↗ documents that talked about King

1:51:09 ↗ County's resolve not to expand the

1:51:11 ↗ growth boundary for schools and and

1:51:13 ↗ proposing that the county staff look at

1:51:16 ↗ different proposals which would include

1:51:18 ↗ expanding existing schools in rural

1:51:22 ↗ non-urban areas meaning what is the

1:51:25 ↗ maximum capacity that you could house on

1:51:27 ↗ that property and still not be providing

1:51:29 ↗ Municipal services so it's just sort of

1:51:32 ↗ a test balloon and that's out there so

1:51:35 ↗ that again would there is one school

1:51:37 ↗ district that is located either entirely

1:51:39 ↗ rurally or partially rurely that got an

1:51:42 ↗ exception in Pierce County

1:51:43 ↗ one exists always has but nobody's gone

1:51:46 ↗ back to revisit whether or not there are

1:51:48 ↗ other school districts like Issaquah

1:51:49 ↗ school district that would also need

1:51:51 ↗ some sort of exemption so rather than

1:51:53 ↗ expand the boundary how do you

1:51:54 ↗ accommodate those school districts that

1:51:56 ↗ straddle the rural and urban areas so

1:51:58 ↗ there is some administrative work on

1:52:00 ↗ that as well and I have mentioned it to

1:52:02 ↗ council member King County council

1:52:04 ↗ member Perry that there may be a way to

1:52:06 ↗ do this and I want to work on it with

1:52:08 ↗ her so we have that going on in the

1:52:09 ↗ background too but I completely agree

1:52:11 ↗ with councilmember Martz is that we're

1:52:13 ↗ we're in the heat of it right now it's a

1:52:15 ↗ 30 year old act and it probably needs

1:52:17 ↗ some adjustments but for now I think

1:52:19 ↗ we've landed on the right place

1:52:22 ↗ any other council members that would

1:52:24 ↗ like to comment on that commenting

1:52:26 ↗ question from councilmember D Michelle

1:52:32 ↗ thank you um I I will support the three

1:52:36 ↗ changes that were recommended and then

1:52:38 ↗ on the fourth one which I think wasn't

1:52:39 ↗ really a recommended change just a point

1:52:42 ↗ of conversation um important

1:52:43 ↗ conversation I had a similar thought to

1:52:46 ↗ council member Martz on one of the other

1:52:48 ↗ ones in the land use growth management

1:52:50 ↗ act section which was the one about

1:52:53 ↗ um

1:52:54 ↗ Issaquah opposes Statewide approaches to

1:52:57 ↗ land use decisions that do not recognize

1:52:59 ↗ the unique challenges of individual

1:53:00 ↗ cities the way it's written it sort of

1:53:03 ↗ makes it makes it that we could

1:53:06 ↗ um we could be in favor of a Statewide

1:53:08 ↗ approach to land use decisions as long

1:53:10 ↗ as they recognize the challenges of

1:53:12 ↗ cities but I do think with the housing

1:53:14 ↗ costs that we've seen and the and the

1:53:16 ↗ lack of affordability there may be

1:53:19 ↗ Statewide approaches that come about

1:53:20 ↗ that we should consider because of the

1:53:24 ↗ challenges we've seen with affordability

1:53:25 ↗ so I just wanted to flag that one which

1:53:27 ↗ I think would be under the same sort of

1:53:29 ↗ bucket as we revisit all of this land

1:53:31 ↗ use growth management

1:53:33 ↗ council president

1:53:35 ↗ toward that idea I absolutely agree and

1:53:38 ↗ I think we could reword that to say

1:53:42 ↗ Issaquah supports

1:53:44 ↗ potential Statewide approaches to land

1:53:47 ↗ use decisions that recognize the unique

1:53:49 ↗ challenges of individual cities which

1:53:52 ↗ might be a way of saying we're looking

1:53:55 ↗ to get to yes

1:53:57 ↗ and without knowing what the association

1:53:59 ↗ of Washington cities has come up with

1:54:01 ↗ you know it's not possible for us to say

1:54:04 ↗ yes we endorse their approach but I

1:54:08 ↗ think it's important for our legislators

1:54:11 ↗ and

1:54:12 ↗ um

1:54:13 ↗ are and Shelly to know that we're we're

1:54:16 ↗ looking for a way that gets us to the

1:54:19 ↗ point where we can see more investment

1:54:22 ↗ in housing and land use that allows us

1:54:26 ↗ to get to our goal of more housing

1:54:30 ↗ Kelly I wonder if you want to step in

1:54:32 ↗ and talk about that particular statement

1:54:35 ↗ and what your understanding is of State

1:54:41 ↗ policy versus say stepping right down

1:54:43 ↗ into State zoning and where the

1:54:46 ↗ conversation is going and where we

1:54:48 ↗ should be because I'm not sure where the

1:54:50 ↗ council is but the administration feels

1:54:53 ↗ very strongly that zoning itself isn't a

1:54:56 ↗ city's administrative responsibility

1:54:58 ↗ legislative responsibility and not a

1:55:00 ↗ state responsibility so I wonder if you

1:55:02 ↗ could comment on

1:55:03 ↗ how would you advise us

1:55:06 ↗ yeah yeah I could it's a really helpful

1:55:09 ↗ conversation for me to to listen to

1:55:13 ↗ um I guess without being too lengthy in

1:55:15 ↗ my response the last several sessions

1:55:18 ↗ um cities have wrestled with how to

1:55:23 ↗ um

1:55:24 ↗ uh help inform State policies and

1:55:28 ↗ recognition that their current policies

1:55:31 ↗ are in some cities restricting the

1:55:35 ↗ ability for housing to be constructed

1:55:38 ↗ and so cities that are arguably doing

1:55:43 ↗ their fair share doing what they can

1:55:46 ↗ are somewhat being penalized for cities

1:55:50 ↗ who are are not taking on their

1:55:53 ↗ component their necessary need for

1:55:56 ↗ growth

1:55:57 ↗ um and so there's there's just

1:56:00 ↗ ongoing discussion between cities across

1:56:02 ↗ across the state about well what what do

1:56:05 ↗ we do do we accept some level of

1:56:09 ↗ preemption on our local zoning decisions

1:56:12 ↗ because we recognize the need for

1:56:16 ↗ um for more housing and and to one on

1:56:20 ↗ the one hand some cities are saying okay

1:56:22 ↗ we're willing to do that but

1:56:25 ↗ we know that zoning isn't the challenge

1:56:27 ↗ for our city it is it is um

1:56:30 ↗ infrastructure it is you know set in

1:56:34 ↗ some cities know specifically what their

1:56:35 ↗ challenges are to getting development

1:56:39 ↗ um more development and so part of this

1:56:42 ↗ conversation that's happening is

1:56:44 ↗ if we're if there's going to be

1:56:46 ↗ compromise when it comes to local zoning

1:56:49 ↗ there also needs to be something else

1:56:52 ↗ that goes with it that removes the

1:56:53 ↗ barriers in the communities where zoning

1:56:55 ↗ isn't the issue

1:56:57 ↗ um so I don't know if that fully

1:56:58 ↗ answered the question mayor but I I

1:57:00 ↗ would say that

1:57:02 ↗ um council president Wilson or a council

1:57:04 ↗ president Welsh's suggestion to reword

1:57:07 ↗ that bullet point to have it be in the

1:57:09 ↗ positive yeah that is supports uh

1:57:12 ↗ Statewide approaches to land use that

1:57:15 ↗ that recognize the unique challenges of

1:57:16 ↗ individual cities

1:57:18 ↗ um it I think is a good suggestion great

1:57:21 ↗ thank you let's stick with that one for

1:57:24 ↗ a moment if there's any more comments on

1:57:26 ↗ that suggested change

1:57:30 ↗ it doesn't look like well Deputy council

1:57:33 ↗ president I guess just to say that um I

1:57:36 ↗ I agree and I think that that I think

1:57:38 ↗ that kind of putting that positive spin

1:57:39 ↗ on it makes it makes it better and I

1:57:42 ↗ actually thought some of the contexts

1:57:43 ↗ and comments that you just had Shelly

1:57:44 ↗ were really useful to and I was

1:57:46 ↗ wondering if maybe you could kind of

1:57:47 ↗ like weave some of that

1:57:49 ↗ what you just maybe you can re-watch

1:57:50 ↗ this meeting afterwards and kind of

1:57:52 ↗ weave some of your language into that

1:57:53 ↗ because I thought that was helpful as

1:57:55 ↗ well council president

1:57:57 ↗ thank you

1:57:59 ↗ toward this idea I also was looking over

1:58:01 ↗ the city of Redmond's legislative agenda

1:58:04 ↗ for 2022 and one of the things they

1:58:08 ↗ talked about is the legislature should

1:58:10 ↗ reward jurisdictions that step up to

1:58:13 ↗ implement the policy goals developed by

1:58:15 ↗ the state and then continuing it on as

1:58:17 ↗ it makes funding and policy decisions

1:58:19 ↗ regarding Grant and loan programs the

1:58:22 ↗ state should find ways to reward

1:58:23 ↗ jurisdictions such as Redmond that carry

1:58:25 ↗ out and embrace these policy objectives

1:58:27 ↗ and I just thought the way they

1:58:29 ↗ approached that idea is hey we're doing

1:58:33 ↗ our part please you know use your

1:58:36 ↗ authority to recognize that and perhaps

1:58:41 ↗ you know it's just another way of

1:58:43 ↗ approaching it as

1:58:45 ↗ you know recognize the areas that are

1:58:48 ↗ doing their part and not those that

1:58:51 ↗ aren't necessarily

1:58:53 ↗ carrots and sticks

1:58:55 ↗ any other comments on this particular

1:58:58 ↗ Amendment uh

1:59:00 ↗ okay um thank you council member hunt

1:59:02 ↗ for talking you've supported all three

1:59:05 ↗ of councilmember D Michelle's other

1:59:07 ↗ proposals but I'd like to hear from the

1:59:09 ↗ rest of the council if you have thoughts

1:59:11 ↗ on the other three uh council president

1:59:14 ↗ thumbs up all three hey everybody

1:59:17 ↗ do we need to discuss any of the other

1:59:19 ↗ changes Shelly was there anything that

1:59:21 ↗ raised a flag for you with any of those

1:59:23 ↗ suggestions they all seem quite

1:59:25 ↗ reasonable

1:59:27 ↗ agreed no concern awesome thanks

1:59:31 ↗ uh councilmember hunt I have uh one more

1:59:33 ↗ comment it's not an amendment but um to

1:59:35 ↗ council Deputy president Hall's comment

1:59:37 ↗ earlier about the budget provisos one

1:59:41 ↗ that I just wanted to raise for

1:59:43 ↗ council's awareness is that last

1:59:45 ↗ legislative session we worked with a

1:59:48 ↗ number of us in the wire 8 salmon

1:59:49 ↗ Recovery Council worked with

1:59:52 ↗ representative Ramos to secure funding

1:59:55 ↗ for a pilot project where we're looking

1:59:57 ↗ at reducing the light pollution on Lake

1:59:59 ↗ Sammamish and so that we did secure

2:00:02 ↗ funding to do that work 125 000 it's not

2:00:05 ↗ in the city for this specific to the

2:00:07 ↗ city it is um with the salmon Recovery

2:00:10 ↗ Council of wire eight which is our

2:00:12 ↗ Watershed as well as king Conservation

2:00:14 ↗ District who's doing the Outreach with

2:00:15 ↗ property owners and a number of other

2:00:17 ↗ agencies so there will be a study to

2:00:19 ↗ look at that light pollution and then

2:00:21 ↗ worked with property owners to reduce

2:00:23 ↗ light on docks and then also since we're

2:00:26 ↗ doing Title 18 and looking at dock

2:00:28 ↗ Lighting in that we're also working with

2:00:30 ↗ other City so they could adopt similar

2:00:32 ↗ code language to reduce Lighting on

2:00:36 ↗ docks so I just wanted to flag that as

2:00:38 ↗ an example of a successful with a

2:00:40 ↗ partner agency a successful pilot

2:00:42 ↗ project that we expect that work will

2:00:44 ↗ continue and then that could be expanded

2:00:46 ↗ to other other lakes and other

2:00:48 ↗ jurisdictions for salmon recovery

2:00:49 ↗ elsewhere so I just wanted to make sure

2:00:51 ↗ to mention that and that was a really

2:00:53 ↗ great project with representative Ramos

2:00:56 ↗ who's been a great supporter of salmon

2:00:58 ↗ and salmon recovery thank you council

2:01:01 ↗ member I think it was Deputy council

2:01:03 ↗ president followed by council president

2:01:06 ↗ uh thank you just a few other comments

2:01:09 ↗ and potential changes uh so support

2:01:11 ↗ everything that's been said so far

2:01:13 ↗ um in the policy manual under the

2:01:15 ↗ transportation section there's nothing

2:01:17 ↗ uh in there about

2:01:19 ↗ um

2:01:20 ↗ policies or funding related to bike

2:01:21 ↗ infrastructure walkability

2:01:24 ↗ um I don't know if that's nests

2:01:27 ↗ really necessary but some maybe Shelley

2:01:29 ↗ and the administration can kind of chew

2:01:31 ↗ on that and think about he is is it

2:01:33 ↗ worth adding a point to drive home with

2:01:35 ↗ the legislators that we support grant

2:01:37 ↗ opportunities to help cities build out

2:01:40 ↗ multimodal transportation and they're

2:01:42 ↗ you know something along those lines

2:01:43 ↗ I've been thinking about

2:01:46 ↗ um but by the time this comes uh back to

2:01:49 ↗ us I'd love to see if ether or Isa fire

2:01:52 ↗ and rescue at the Disco school district

2:01:53 ↗ have produced a legislative agenda yet

2:01:56 ↗ so we can kind of see if there are

2:01:58 ↗ anything

2:01:59 ↗ that we might consider supporting one

2:02:01 ↗ thing that comes to mind with regard to

2:02:03 ↗ ether is like some of the pfos stuff now

2:02:05 ↗ that it's a mock a classified chemical

2:02:07 ↗ there might be specific legislative

2:02:08 ↗ priorities that we can support that

2:02:10 ↗ would certainly align with our interests

2:02:13 ↗ um so anyways just wondering if that

2:02:14 ↗ maybe can come back

2:02:16 ↗ um with

2:02:17 ↗ um

2:02:18 ↗ the policy manual in the legislative

2:02:20 ↗ agenda at the next meeting if it's put

2:02:22 ↗ together if it's not that's fine

2:02:24 ↗ um

2:02:26 ↗ uh I I do think maybe I I think the city

2:02:30 ↗ administrator brings up a really good

2:02:31 ↗ point that we really should focus on our

2:02:34 ↗ capital budget ask in making sure that

2:02:36 ↗ that's successful in the eyes of the

2:02:38 ↗ legislature

2:02:39 ↗ um I just ask that the administration

2:02:41 ↗ put some thought into is there is there

2:02:43 ↗ room

2:02:44 ↗ um to advocate for a small budget

2:02:46 ↗ Proviso uh in the space of being an

2:02:49 ↗ innovator in the region that we think

2:02:50 ↗ could be successful because over the

2:02:52 ↗ last couple years it seems like those

2:02:54 ↗ have been funded

2:02:55 ↗ pretty frequently at least by at least

2:02:57 ↗ by our fifth LD delegation and then the

2:03:00 ↗ last thing I wanted to say too is that

2:03:03 ↗ um

2:03:04 ↗ I love this I love the idea of kind of

2:03:07 ↗ leveraging the federal funding arpit

2:03:09 ↗ dollars that we have for this park

2:03:10 ↗ project and I think there are a lot of

2:03:12 ↗ good reasons to support it but I also do

2:03:14 ↗ want to recognize that it might be more

2:03:16 ↗ and Shelly I would be interested if you

2:03:18 ↗ think or feel differently about this but

2:03:19 ↗ it might be more difficult than usual to

2:03:22 ↗ be as successful as we might want for

2:03:26 ↗ capital budget

2:03:27 ↗ um

2:03:28 ↗ requests if there's a shake-up after the

2:03:30 ↗ November election or if committee

2:03:32 ↗ membership changes I'm thinking in

2:03:34 ↗ particular of of rep Calen

2:03:36 ↗ representative Callan and Senator mullet

2:03:37 ↗ who are two of a very small capital

2:03:40 ↗ budget negotiations team and we're very

2:03:42 ↗ lucky to have them in in that room so if

2:03:45 ↗ anything changes there then then then

2:03:47 ↗ the landscape changes it it might just

2:03:50 ↗ be a little bit more difficult for us to

2:03:52 ↗ be as successful as we'd like so just

2:03:54 ↗ wanted to put that on the record and

2:03:55 ↗ those are my comments thanks

2:03:59 ↗ oh I also just wanted to quickly say

2:04:01 ↗ this is my first year that I'm actually

2:04:02 ↗ able to contribute to the legislative

2:04:04 ↗ agenda and it's really nice so thank you

2:04:08 ↗ council president thank you

2:04:11 ↗ um

2:04:12 ↗ just some general comments on the first

2:04:15 ↗ page the legislative priorities I very

2:04:19 ↗ much appreciate the administration and

2:04:22 ↗ our lobbyists adding in the coordination

2:04:24 ↗ with Washington

2:04:26 ↗ um talking about how not only the I-90

2:04:30 ↗ Crossing study but also management of

2:04:33 ↗ the traffic lights and maintenance of

2:04:34 ↗ the state highway

2:04:36 ↗ I wouldn't mind seeing that as you know

2:04:39 ↗ the first bullet point in this

2:04:41 ↗ Transportation section just as a way to

2:04:44 ↗ really emphasize that

2:04:46 ↗ and then the other thing that I would

2:04:48 ↗ say considering the focus of the state

2:04:51 ↗ legislature this year on housing and

2:04:55 ↗ Behavioral Health I'm kind of surprised

2:04:57 ↗ not to see anything behavioral health

2:04:58 ↗ related on our

2:05:01 ↗ um

2:05:02 ↗ kind of top State Legislative priorities

2:05:05 ↗ I know it's in the manual but I wonder

2:05:09 ↗ if there's just a statement that might

2:05:13 ↗ make sense in that area just to support

2:05:16 ↗ a regional approach

2:05:18 ↗ we certainly know that the North King

2:05:22 ↗ County radar cities have worked together

2:05:23 ↗ very well as a way to address some of

2:05:27 ↗ their behavioral health issues and

2:05:30 ↗ perhaps it's more of a King County issue

2:05:33 ↗ than a state issue where we're really

2:05:35 ↗ going to be able to make some emphasis

2:05:38 ↗ there but I was just noting the lack

2:05:41 ↗ there

2:05:42 ↗ and wanted to bring it up

2:05:45 ↗ if the council's okay I'd like to

2:05:47 ↗ address that one as well I think that's

2:05:48 ↗ a great comment

2:05:50 ↗ um

2:05:51 ↗ informally the mayors of the King County

2:05:53 ↗ Third District do meet with our

2:05:55 ↗ representative and have an informal

2:05:57 ↗ agenda on which Behavioral Health is the

2:06:00 ↗ top of everybody's list so we are as

2:06:03 ↗ mayors of the nine cities lobbying on

2:06:06 ↗ several County issues as well so but

2:06:08 ↗ thank you for bringing that up

2:06:11 ↗ any other comments and then I have a

2:06:14 ↗ question of the clerk

2:06:17 ↗ okay looks like we have reached the end

2:06:19 ↗ of our discussion city clerk it does

2:06:21 ↗ sound like the motion that was made may

2:06:24 ↗ need to be added to uh it was direct

2:06:26 ↗ Administration to finalize the

2:06:28 ↗ legislative agenda do we need to include

2:06:30 ↗ do they need to include additional

2:06:31 ↗ language to say including the changes

2:06:33 ↗ discussed tonight or is that just maybe

2:06:35 ↗ just adding a phrase such as amended or

2:06:37 ↗ as discussed so if the maker of the

2:06:39 ↗ motion would like to add a little

2:06:41 ↗ language and see if the second agrees

2:06:42 ↗ we'll go with a slightly modified motion

2:06:46 ↗ great

2:06:49 ↗ so I would then adjust the motion to I

2:06:53 ↗ move to direct the administration to

2:06:55 ↗ finalize the

2:06:56 ↗ 2023-2024 legislative agenda including

2:06:59 ↗ the changes discussed returning to the

2:07:03 ↗ November 7th 2022 city council meeting

2:07:05 ↗ for adoption this is the second degree

2:07:07 ↗ with the change I agree with the change

2:07:09 ↗ great any additional discussion

2:07:13 ↗ I'm not seeing any further discussion so

2:07:15 ↗ the motion before Council was just read

2:07:18 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

2:07:20 ↗ aye

2:07:22 ↗ those opposed

2:07:24 ↗ that carries unanimously 7-0 thanks very

2:07:27 ↗ much we have a couple more items on

2:07:29 ↗ regular business this evening the next

2:07:31 ↗ one is ab8488 the community investment

2:07:34 ↗ strategy the park project and Park Board

2:07:36 ↗ feedback and the ask of this evening

2:07:39 ↗ this evening of council is to provide

2:07:41 ↗ direction for the administration the

2:07:43 ↗ item was last considered by the city

2:07:44 ↗ council at the October 10th Committee of

2:07:46 ↗ the whole council meeting and I'd like

2:07:48 ↗ to invite

2:07:49 ↗ parks and Community Services director

2:07:51 ↗ Jeff Watling to present this item but

2:07:53 ↗ checking to see if the council would

2:07:55 ↗ like to have a five-minute break before

2:07:56 ↗ this

2:07:57 ↗ that's okay so we'll take a quick five

2:08:00 ↗ minute break we'll get back at back at

2:08:02 ↗ it at 9 50.

2:14:25 ↗ welcome back I'm going to turn it over

2:14:27 ↗ to the Sea administrator for us

2:14:30 ↗ suggestion

2:14:32 ↗ thank you madam mayor members of the

2:14:33 ↗ council we have two items remaining on

2:14:35 ↗ the agenda this evening what we'd like

2:14:37 ↗ to propose is to move forward with the

2:14:38 ↗ park project at Park Board feedback the

2:14:41 ↗ continuation of that discussion uh and

2:14:43 ↗ then delay the transportation project

2:14:46 ↗ discussion till the 7th

2:14:48 ↗ um the only item you currently have

2:14:50 ↗ scheduled for the seventh of regular

2:14:52 ↗ business is the adoption of the budget

2:14:53 ↗ uh the sense of the council is I think

2:14:57 ↗ that all the policy decisions have been

2:14:59 ↗ made so we'll be presenting you

2:15:01 ↗ documents for adoption so there will be

2:15:03 ↗ some time on the seventh to have that

2:15:05 ↗ Transportation discussion uh so we would

2:15:07 ↗ propose putting that on as a special

2:15:10 ↗ order business so that it will occur

2:15:11 ↗ before the budget on second hearings on

2:15:14 ↗ the ordinances if the council does make

2:15:16 ↗ a decision we can incorporate that

2:15:20 ↗ that evening if they if you don't we are

2:15:23 ↗ prepared to just put the dollar amount

2:15:25 ↗ in the budget uh in a sort of a

2:15:27 ↗ placeholder account until the council at

2:15:30 ↗ such time makes a final decision and

2:15:31 ↗ then we can adjust that so if the

2:15:34 ↗ council is right with that we'll move

2:15:36 ↗ forward with the park a discussion which

2:15:39 ↗ we hope can bring to a conclusion

2:15:40 ↗ tonight and then come back on the

2:15:42 ↗ seventh Transportation budget adoption

2:15:44 ↗ say goodbye to Jeff Clark and that'll be

2:15:47 ↗ your night for November 7th we saw some

2:15:50 ↗ head nods anybody want to comment on

2:15:52 ↗ that

2:15:53 ↗ council president

2:15:55 ↗ I think my only thought is the mobility

2:15:58 ↗ and infrastructure committee meets on

2:16:01 ↗ October 25th and so I wonder if it might

2:16:05 ↗ be a possibility to just

2:16:08 ↗ see if there's any feedback at that

2:16:10 ↗ meeting

2:16:12 ↗ uh we can ask the chair

2:16:16 ↗ to add an agenda item we've already

2:16:18 ↗ gotten feedback and I think we're

2:16:20 ↗ reporting back to the council okay at

2:16:22 ↗ this point fantastic just wanted to see

2:16:25 ↗ if there was an opportunity in the

2:16:26 ↗ meantime sure

2:16:28 ↗ great any other comments

2:16:30 ↗ if not we will get director Watling to

2:16:34 ↗ work on our last regular business item

2:16:36 ↗ this evening

2:16:37 ↗ which as I said before the break is

2:16:40 ↗ ab8488 community investment strategy

2:16:42 ↗ Park project and Park Board feedback

2:16:44 ↗ welcome Jeff

2:16:47 ↗ thanks so much mayor good evening

2:16:49 ↗ Council uh Jeff Watling here

2:16:51 ↗ reporting back to you I will do my best

2:16:55 ↗ to to provide Clarity and do this in as

2:16:58 ↗ a brief overview and and

2:17:00 ↗ um open it up for for your discussion

2:17:02 ↗ and consideration so

2:17:05 ↗ um so appreciate the discussion and

2:17:06 ↗ feedback we received last Monday October

2:17:09 ↗ the 10th uh thank you Tisha for for

2:17:11 ↗ showing the slides you can go to the

2:17:13 ↗ next slide

2:17:16 ↗ um our goal tonight is to bring back to

2:17:19 ↗ you our recommendation uh your feedback

2:17:22 ↗ your input has been incorporated into

2:17:24 ↗ this recommendation

2:17:26 ↗ um and I look forward to bringing it

2:17:28 ↗ back for your consideration guidance

2:17:29 ↗ we'll be seeking tonight is do you

2:17:32 ↗ support this modified proposal on the

2:17:34 ↗ community investment strategy uh Park

2:17:36 ↗ projects for the 4 million in arpa

2:17:38 ↗ funding if you do

2:17:41 ↗ um there's a motion before you that

2:17:42 ↗ allows us to incorporate these

2:17:45 ↗ recommendations into the the budget for

2:17:48 ↗ your adoption consideration on the

2:17:51 ↗ November 7th next slide

2:17:55 ↗ just as a quick review

2:17:57 ↗ you recall we spent the last couple

2:18:00 ↗ months as staff on the consultant team

2:18:02 ↗ and Park Board working hard on some of

2:18:06 ↗ the direction you asked us to take on at

2:18:07 ↗ the July 5th meeting

2:18:09 ↗ that work really culminated in the

2:18:12 ↗ presentation you heard on Monday night

2:18:14 ↗ this slide just sort of reiterates the

2:18:17 ↗ work great work of the park board the ad

2:18:19 ↗ hoc group of the park board I thought

2:18:20 ↗ Kris Kovac Park Board member did a great

2:18:22 ↗ job of representing the staff's feelings

2:18:26 ↗ and in their presentation you recall

2:18:29 ↗ they supported the rationale the the

2:18:33 ↗ evaluation and the determination of

2:18:35 ↗ these three Park areas for consideration

2:18:38 ↗ and we're open to your discussion they

2:18:41 ↗ certainly had a preference in that

2:18:43 ↗ pedestrian Park Depot Park Senior Center

2:18:46 ↗ Plaza area as you recall next slide

2:18:51 ↗ my attempt here is to I give an overview

2:18:56 ↗ of

2:18:58 ↗ um how we proceeded with this

2:19:00 ↗ recommendation uh we

2:19:03 ↗ um in a nutshell we feel like there's

2:19:05 ↗ some real opportunity to take this four

2:19:08 ↗ million dollars in our funding as you

2:19:10 ↗ heard from Shelly earlier we think

2:19:13 ↗ there's some opportunities to leverage

2:19:15 ↗ smartly leverage that four million

2:19:18 ↗ dollars

2:19:19 ↗ to allow for some additional Revenue

2:19:22 ↗ that additional Revenue would then allow

2:19:26 ↗ us to to do a really impactful portion

2:19:29 ↗ of each project each of these three

2:19:32 ↗ projects and bring those to completion

2:19:35 ↗ by the arpa deadline of of 2024. in

2:19:40 ↗ hearing your feedback last week on the

2:19:42 ↗ 10th we certainly heard a mix of support

2:19:45 ↗ for all three of these projects to

2:19:48 ↗ varying council members degrees

2:19:50 ↗ we wanted to bring a package before you

2:19:53 ↗ to consider tonight that felt like met

2:19:56 ↗ all of that all that feedback and

2:19:59 ↗ comment we heard from from U.S Council

2:20:03 ↗ next slide I'll go through each of these

2:20:05 ↗ projects one by one really quickly first

2:20:08 ↗ the the project that sort of came out of

2:20:10 ↗ our Creek Corridor discussion and that

2:20:12 ↗ is a proposed dog park along the Rainier

2:20:16 ↗ trail near the community center what we

2:20:19 ↗ recommend with this work and you might

2:20:20 ↗ recall from the presentation I provided

2:20:24 ↗ last week that we recommend not

2:20:27 ↗ proceeding with arpa funding for this

2:20:29 ↗ project but still proceeding with this

2:20:31 ↗ project as a capital project as it's

2:20:34 ↗ identified in the 2324 budget as a

2:20:38 ↗ proposed funded Capital project under

2:20:43 ↗ pk018 the dog park you might recall from

2:20:46 ↗ my discussions with this work going on

2:20:49 ↗ with the park board we had parallel work

2:20:51 ↗ going on as we as the budget was formed

2:20:54 ↗ you might note in the

2:20:57 ↗ pk018 we identify a dog park to be

2:21:02 ↗ completed as the first dog park within

2:21:05 ↗ that Capital project a location wasn't

2:21:08 ↗ identified

2:21:09 ↗ this work that we did with the park

2:21:12 ↗ board along with the feedback we've

2:21:15 ↗ received from the dog park tour really

2:21:18 ↗ gives us confirmation that this location

2:21:23 ↗ really serves as an ideal spot for a

2:21:26 ↗ first off-lease dog park

2:21:29 ↗ within our Issaquah Park system so we

2:21:32 ↗ would recommend proceeding with that

2:21:35 ↗ project as pk018 it's a project we had

2:21:39 ↗ identified in our proposed work plan

2:21:41 ↗ already

2:21:42 ↗ but not using arpa funding for this next

2:21:45 ↗ slide

2:21:47 ↗ what that would do would allow us to

2:21:49 ↗ then really position the arpa funding

2:21:51 ↗ for a portion significant portions of

2:21:54 ↗ the two remaining projects uh the first

2:21:56 ↗ being at Confluence Park we recommend

2:22:00 ↗ proceeding with the EC house conversion

2:22:02 ↗ to a picnic shelter a portion of this

2:22:05 ↗ project

2:22:06 ↗ bringing that to completion as well the

2:22:10 ↗ the plaza area that would sort of extend

2:22:13 ↗ from the shelter and connect to the

2:22:15 ↗ existing play area we feel like this

2:22:18 ↗ would be a significant first phase it

2:22:22 ↗ would allow for any future expansion of

2:22:24 ↗ that play area to happen pretty easily

2:22:27 ↗ you'll sort of see within the graphic as

2:22:29 ↗ a future phase and not disrupt that that

2:22:32 ↗ proposed work to be done also of note

2:22:35 ↗ with the insurance reimbursement that

2:22:38 ↗ the city has received and

2:22:40 ↗ um has been waiting to determine you

2:22:43 ↗ know what we want this eckhouse to be

2:22:45 ↗ there's roughly two hundred thousand

2:22:48 ↗ dollars that we would be able to

2:22:49 ↗ leverage

2:22:51 ↗ um and would help extend some of that

2:22:55 ↗ investment of the the four million

2:22:56 ↗ dollars in arpa funding

2:22:59 ↗ next slide

2:23:02 ↗ and then within the this Veterans

2:23:05 ↗ Memorial Consolidated Park area namely

2:23:08 ↗ this

2:23:09 ↗ um really connection

2:23:11 ↗ um uh but from Front Street to Memorial

2:23:13 ↗ Playfield utilizing pedestrian Park and

2:23:16 ↗ Depot Park and Senior Center Park what

2:23:19 ↗ we recommend is

2:23:22 ↗ focusing on both The Pedestrian Park

2:23:25 ↗ investment in the Senior Center Plaza

2:23:28 ↗ investment

2:23:30 ↗ and then

2:23:32 ↗ incorporating some type of even if it's

2:23:35 ↗ just a a smaller pedestrian connection

2:23:37 ↗ between those two Investments we feel

2:23:40 ↗ like this recommendation really meets

2:23:42 ↗ some of the feedback we heard from

2:23:43 ↗ Council I think it meets some of the

2:23:46 ↗ opportunities we see strategically in

2:23:48 ↗ really strengthening this corridor's

2:23:51 ↗ relationship to Front Street and Sunset

2:23:53 ↗ and the businesses along Front Street

2:23:55 ↗ and Sunset and also really helps to

2:23:58 ↗ further the relationship of this

2:24:01 ↗ these connected public spaces to

2:24:04 ↗ Memorial Field where there really isn't

2:24:06 ↗ a strong relationship right now between

2:24:08 ↗ the senior center and Memorial Park as

2:24:11 ↗ you heard in the prior agenda item with

2:24:15 ↗ Shelly Helder we feel like this is a

2:24:18 ↗ strong candidate for some legislative

2:24:20 ↗ funding

2:24:22 ↗ namely the Senior Center Plaza as we

2:24:25 ↗ work in the coming weeks should we

2:24:27 ↗ proceed with this and begin doing

2:24:29 ↗ further scoping of this work we would

2:24:33 ↗ work in concert with Shelley in helping

2:24:37 ↗ to frame up what we feel like that Grant

2:24:39 ↗ ask would be able to

2:24:42 ↗ add to add to this project

2:24:46 ↗ and help us complete it

2:24:48 ↗ um

2:24:49 ↗ with that legislative ask I would note

2:24:51 ↗ that

2:24:52 ↗ this legislative ask is not foreign to

2:24:55 ↗ us as a city and as a parks department

2:24:57 ↗ most recently uh the the very popular

2:25:00 ↗ irrigation and turf improvements that

2:25:03 ↗ that took place at Confluence Park a

2:25:05 ↗ couple years ago those were completed

2:25:07 ↗ with a similar leveraged

2:25:10 ↗ legislative ask in a Commerce grant that

2:25:13 ↗ allowed our city dollars to

2:25:17 ↗ um sort of position us for for as

2:25:20 ↗ Shelley says last dollar in with

2:25:22 ↗ Commerce Commerce grants so we have

2:25:25 ↗ demonstrated

2:25:26 ↗ success in in this kind of work and feel

2:25:29 ↗ like the timing would work really well

2:25:31 ↗ with

2:25:32 ↗ um

2:25:33 ↗ getting funds in 2023 and allowing us to

2:25:36 ↗ complete this work by the targeted 2024

2:25:40 ↗ deadline for the arpa funding

2:25:45 ↗ next slide

2:25:47 ↗ these I think just really quickly sort

2:25:50 ↗ of

2:25:51 ↗ um hone in on those two focused areas

2:25:53 ↗ we're proposing uh with this motion The

2:25:55 ↗ Pedestrian Park investment its

2:25:58 ↗ relationship and really strengthening

2:26:00 ↗ that Corridor

2:26:02 ↗ um to Front Street and sunset really

2:26:05 ↗ making it a a place that people will

2:26:07 ↗ want to to gather and hang out

2:26:09 ↗ next slide

2:26:12 ↗ and as I mentioned earlier the Senior

2:26:14 ↗ Center Plaza and really creating

2:26:17 ↗ activity creating

2:26:20 ↗ recreational uses that could be not only

2:26:23 ↗ utilized by seniors at the senior center

2:26:25 ↗ but all all ages and generations

2:26:29 ↗ um from the park so really making this a

2:26:31 ↗ multi-generational space and really feel

2:26:34 ↗ like an added element to a Memorial

2:26:37 ↗ Field and to the park as a whole

2:26:41 ↗ next slide

2:26:43 ↗ but a slide represents just some again

2:26:46 ↗ preliminary cost Roll-Ups that you saw

2:26:48 ↗ last week but what it would mean for

2:26:52 ↗ this specific package of projects where

2:26:54 ↗ uh the Confluence Park portion the

2:26:57 ↗ eckhouse portion of that project being

2:26:59 ↗ in a preliminary range of one to one

2:27:02 ↗ point four million how funding would be

2:27:05 ↗ accomplished both through some arpa

2:27:07 ↗ funding as well as the insurance

2:27:09 ↗ reimbursement claim that the city's

2:27:11 ↗ already received the Veterans Memorial

2:27:15 ↗ portion of this work with the focus at

2:27:18 ↗ pedestrian Park in the senior center

2:27:20 ↗ showing those preliminary cost ranges

2:27:23 ↗ and then funding to complete those with

2:27:26 ↗ a combination of this legislative

2:27:29 ↗ request and in seeking success in 2023

2:27:32 ↗ for that Grant dollars to leverage as

2:27:36 ↗ shown there the arpa the arpa funding so

2:27:39 ↗ in total

2:27:41 ↗ taking this four million dollars in arpa

2:27:44 ↗ funding utilizing that insurance

2:27:46 ↗ reimbursement and that legislative ass

2:27:49 ↗ to hopefully accomplish uh somewhere

2:27:52 ↗ closer to

2:27:54 ↗ um in 4.8 to 5 million dollars in um and

2:27:58 ↗ work

2:28:00 ↗ next slide

2:28:03 ↗ so again guidance we're we're seeking is

2:28:06 ↗ you know did we hear you

2:28:07 ↗ um is this a is this a package of

2:28:09 ↗ projects that you feel that you could

2:28:12 ↗ support and become part of the 2324

2:28:15 ↗ budget process

2:28:16 ↗ next slide I'll provide just a quick

2:28:19 ↗ overview of next steps as you've heard

2:28:22 ↗ me say before you know the shot clock on

2:28:24 ↗ this arpa funding isn't stopping and so

2:28:28 ↗ you know seeking your feedback tonight

2:28:30 ↗ seeing if this is again a consideration

2:28:33 ↗ you would support as you're proceeding

2:28:35 ↗ with the 2324 budget will really allow

2:28:38 ↗ us to springboard right into design and

2:28:41 ↗ construction documents meeting necessary

2:28:44 ↗ permitting windows

2:28:45 ↗ and seeking that grant funding which

2:28:48 ↗ would allow us to hit the construction

2:28:51 ↗ window of 2024.

2:28:54 ↗ next slide I believe is a motion should

2:28:57 ↗ you want to consider it we can certainly

2:28:59 ↗ go back to the question at hand and that

2:29:02 ↗ is my staff report thank you so much

2:29:04 ↗ thank you director Watling uh Council

2:29:06 ↗ questions councilman Ray

2:29:09 ↗ thanks what happened to Depot Park

2:29:13 ↗ what happened to Depot Park yeah it was

2:29:15 ↗ well wasn't it on the on the plan a week

2:29:18 ↗ ago and are we thinking it's just not uh

2:29:22 ↗ as

2:29:23 ↗ or what I mean I was just curious the

2:29:25 ↗ decision process to kind of say we're

2:29:27 ↗ going to do pedestrian Park and the

2:29:28 ↗ senior center and we'll we'll get Depot

2:29:30 ↗ Park later I mean I just kind of want to

2:29:33 ↗ get inside your head

2:29:34 ↗ yeah as we looked at the preliminary

2:29:37 ↗ cost estimates Depot Park was the most

2:29:39 ↗ expensive council member Ray and so you

2:29:42 ↗ know I I think as we tried to think of a

2:29:44 ↗ team and again this idea of how do you

2:29:47 ↗ how do you do a first phase while

2:29:49 ↗ thinking of future phasing rather than

2:29:51 ↗ starting in the middle we felt starting

2:29:53 ↗ on the edges I probably had more of a uh

2:29:57 ↗ a better first phase impact and benefit

2:30:00 ↗ and then allowing that to be a future

2:30:03 ↗ phase cool and then sort of follow-up

2:30:06 ↗ question is the funding model that

2:30:08 ↗ you're presenting in the motion

2:30:10 ↗ um is for three for pedestrian Park and

2:30:13 ↗ Senior Center plazas 3.2 so we're

2:30:15 ↗ betting on the come that the

2:30:17 ↗ the state funding will come available

2:30:19 ↗ and if not we'll we'll scramble and find

2:30:22 ↗ another way to fill the void

2:30:24 ↗ well I think the motion is is with the

2:30:27 ↗ the funding we have in hand right now

2:30:31 ↗ um so obviously should we be successful

2:30:34 ↗ um in those Grant dollars we would

2:30:37 ↗ um and then the budget

2:30:38 ↗ um if we're not successful with those

2:30:40 ↗ Grant dollars we would have a decision

2:30:42 ↗ to make of do we do a 3.2 million dollar

2:30:45 ↗ phase or do we seek other other funding

2:30:47 ↗ opportunities

2:30:49 ↗ great thanks Jeff

2:30:51 ↗ councilman

2:30:54 ↗ thanks

2:30:55 ↗ um similar to councilmember Ray you

2:30:59 ↗ mentioned that there is a plan to

2:31:02 ↗ connect though The Pedestrian Park and

2:31:05 ↗ the Senior Center Plaza so did I hear

2:31:07 ↗ that correctly and could you explain

2:31:09 ↗ because that's one of my questions is

2:31:11 ↗ doing two nice Parks but then leaving

2:31:14 ↗ um you know part of it in the middle and

2:31:16 ↗ we don't know when we would get funding

2:31:18 ↗ for that piece so how would that work

2:31:19 ↗ from an experience

2:31:21 ↗ um

2:31:22 ↗ how you know from the perspective of

2:31:24 ↗ somebody experiencing the park

2:31:26 ↗ yeah great great questions and you're

2:31:28 ↗ absolutely right too too early to have a

2:31:31 ↗ definitive design but the thought is

2:31:32 ↗ it's how do we focus the investment on

2:31:35 ↗ these two

2:31:37 ↗ um areas but have some type of

2:31:41 ↗ a pedestrian thread maybe it's either

2:31:44 ↗ just in in Paving or even a trail that

2:31:48 ↗ or a connection that

2:31:51 ↗ um that at least unifies them in this

2:31:54 ↗ first phase

2:31:56 ↗ okay

2:31:58 ↗ um thank you and then my other question

2:32:00 ↗ uh is from our last conversation I think

2:32:03 ↗ one thing that I thought we all agreed

2:32:05 ↗ on was about the importance of the dog

2:32:07 ↗ park and that we needed a dog park and

2:32:10 ↗ that you know that this was a good

2:32:11 ↗ location we thought and um that we've

2:32:14 ↗ heard from the community about this for

2:32:16 ↗ a long time so I wondered if you could

2:32:18 ↗ explain why that one isn't recommended

2:32:21 ↗ to be funded with this and also if you

2:32:24 ↗ could make some statements about effect

2:32:25 ↗ on timing if we were to go with this

2:32:28 ↗ recommendation compared to

2:32:30 ↗ um if we were to fund that dog park

2:32:32 ↗ project using the art book funds

2:32:36 ↗ yeah great question I guess what I would

2:32:38 ↗ reiterate is the dog park remains a high

2:32:41 ↗ priority for staff and administration so

2:32:43 ↗ that this recommendation is not saying

2:32:46 ↗ we're not doing the dog park this this

2:32:48 ↗ this recommendation is saying let's

2:32:50 ↗ complete that dog park and let's compete

2:32:52 ↗ complete it in this location let's do it

2:32:55 ↗ with the proposed

2:32:58 ↗ pk018 funding that's in the 23 24

2:33:02 ↗ capital budget that is a a project we

2:33:06 ↗ have on our work plan and so this

2:33:09 ↗ recommendation it's an entire in its

2:33:12 ↗ entirety is saying let's we're going to

2:33:13 ↗ find a way to complete all three of

2:33:15 ↗ these projects the dog park would be

2:33:17 ↗ completed through capital budget funding

2:33:20 ↗ the other two would be completed through

2:33:22 ↗ arpa funding

2:33:24 ↗ and impacts on timing

2:33:27 ↗ would they would it get done faster if

2:33:29 ↗ we funded it with arpa

2:33:32 ↗ no I I don't believe so

2:33:35 ↗ no I think again appreciate the

2:33:37 ↗ conversation we had earlier tonight

2:33:39 ↗ about Staffing and adding Staffing

2:33:41 ↗ capacity to the park planning team that

2:33:45 ↗ um

2:33:45 ↗ these projects will be completed

2:33:48 ↗ um

2:33:49 ↗ regardless of of

2:33:51 ↗ funding source it's not gonna is not

2:33:54 ↗ going to expedite them it did not have

2:33:55 ↗ an impact on schedule for the dog park

2:33:58 ↗ correct

2:34:00 ↗ councilmember Joe do you have a comment

2:34:02 ↗ yes thank you

2:34:05 ↗ uh director I appreciate the hard work

2:34:07 ↗ you put into this to try to please

2:34:09 ↗ everybody

2:34:10 ↗ um so to speak and make us all happy

2:34:12 ↗ that's outstanding my question was

2:34:15 ↗ um focused on Confluence Park and the

2:34:18 ↗ North End of the project as we look at

2:34:20 ↗ the future parking there

2:34:22 ↗ I know you're not a civil engineer but I

2:34:24 ↗ was wondering if

2:34:27 ↗ um you had a

2:34:29 ↗ Baseline price of what it costs for us

2:34:31 ↗ to put in that additional parking my

2:34:34 ↗ thought is that if we

2:34:36 ↗ you know we're doing cost estimates

2:34:38 ↗ right now and if it if the budget comes

2:34:42 ↗ higher because of inflation or supply

2:34:45 ↗ chain things

2:34:46 ↗ um what's the kind of price range for

2:34:48 ↗ that future parking and does it give us

2:34:50 ↗ some flexibility to perhaps not do that

2:34:53 ↗ in this stage one so that we can you

2:34:57 ↗ know get the other pieces of this done

2:34:59 ↗ for certain along the way

2:35:01 ↗ hmm

2:35:03 ↗ yeah good great question I'm not the one

2:35:05 ↗ to answer that you're right I'm not a

2:35:07 ↗ civil engineer I don't know the timing

2:35:10 ↗ of that that that parking would be part

2:35:12 ↗ of

2:35:14 ↗ um the the Holly Road

2:35:16 ↗ um Improvement project identified within

2:35:19 ↗ public works as a as a transportation

2:35:21 ↗ project so I honestly don't know cost

2:35:24 ↗ Testament nor do I know where that fits

2:35:27 ↗ in in their work plan or tip schedule I

2:35:31 ↗ see so is that future parking part of

2:35:34 ↗ the budget that you're proposing tonight

2:35:36 ↗ or is it a separate project

2:35:38 ↗ no it would be a completely separate

2:35:40 ↗ project in this case it's a public works

2:35:42 ↗ project what we wanted to just show is

2:35:44 ↗ as work as we're thinking of this phase

2:35:47 ↗ we're keeping in mind the the the

2:35:50 ↗ right-of-way space that's likely going

2:35:52 ↗ to be needed for that that part that

2:35:55 ↗ parking so we're not we're not

2:35:57 ↗ constructing something that would need

2:35:59 ↗ to be torn out or changed or modified

2:36:02 ↗ later on okay no I appreciate that

2:36:04 ↗ clarification last meeting I asked you

2:36:07 ↗ about the bridge going across the Holly

2:36:09 ↗ and he said that wasn't part of the plan

2:36:10 ↗ either so I'm just trying to be as

2:36:12 ↗ optimistic as possible about what's

2:36:14 ↗ possible uh here but I appreciate that

2:36:17 ↗ you're clarifying that's a

2:36:18 ↗ transportation project that Public Works

2:36:21 ↗ will be doing in the future potentially

2:36:23 ↗ being done as part of this but also

2:36:25 ↗ um not my other question is

2:36:28 ↗ um just thinking out loud we have the

2:36:30 ↗ two hundred thousand dollar insurance

2:36:32 ↗ reimbursement

2:36:35 ↗ um if we decide not to put any

2:36:37 ↗ additional funding into Confluence Park

2:36:39 ↗ but just do two hundred thousand dollars

2:36:41 ↗ would we be able to get

2:36:43 ↗ a picnic shelter there that would serve

2:36:46 ↗ the basic needs of our community or is

2:36:49 ↗ it just priced out of our range and we

2:36:52 ↗ really need to go with this Cadillac

2:36:54 ↗ package so to speak

2:36:57 ↗ yeah I don't believe two hundred

2:36:59 ↗ thousand dollars would would be a

2:37:01 ↗ sufficient funds to convert that

2:37:04 ↗ um house in a really historically

2:37:06 ↗ respectful way into a into a shelter

2:37:09 ↗ okay so thank you for that clarification

2:37:12 ↗ I appreciate it we'll uh certainly take

2:37:14 ↗ that information in as we discuss

2:37:17 ↗ it's good thanks looking for more

2:37:19 ↗ Council questions before

2:37:21 ↗ motion

2:37:24 ↗ okay is uh someone prepared to make a

2:37:26 ↗ motion

2:37:30 ↗ council president

2:37:31 ↗ I move to direct the administration to

2:37:34 ↗ proceed to incorporate four million

2:37:36 ↗ dollars in arpa funding in the 2023-2024

2:37:39 ↗ budget for the following projects and

2:37:41 ↗ utilize Insurance claim funds and future

2:37:43 ↗ awarded State Grant funds to complete

2:37:45 ↗ these projects

2:37:47 ↗ eight hundred thousand dollars arpa

2:37:49 ↗ funds and two hundred thousand dollar

2:37:51 ↗ insurance funds for Confluence Park

2:37:53 ↗ eckhouse picnic shelter and 3.2 million

2:37:58 ↗ arpa funds

2:37:59 ↗ for pedestrian Park and the Senior

2:38:01 ↗ Center Plaza portions of Veterans

2:38:04 ↗ Memorial Consolidated Park

2:38:07 ↗ second

2:38:08 ↗ it's been moved and seconded comments um

2:38:10 ↗ I'll first start with the maker of the

2:38:12 ↗ motion and then I see council member

2:38:14 ↗ Mart says request to come

2:38:17 ↗ um I feel like the administration heard

2:38:20 ↗ a varied conversation and was able to

2:38:24 ↗ pick the areas with the most support and

2:38:27 ↗ so I very much appreciate that and I

2:38:29 ↗ look forward to hearing from other

2:38:31 ↗ council members thanks

2:38:33 ↗ uh secondary would you like to comment

2:38:35 ↗ or should I move to council member Mertz

2:38:36 ↗ councilman Mertz

2:38:39 ↗ thanks Madam mayor uh I I think this is

2:38:41 ↗ a great set of improvements to the

2:38:43 ↗ proposal from uh prior I think that the

2:38:46 ↗ dollars

2:38:47 ↗ um more match up to I think

2:38:51 ↗ um the the levels of improvements that

2:38:53 ↗ uh we're going to see here so I think

2:38:55 ↗ it's a good stewardship of money I

2:38:57 ↗ actually really like that we've done the

2:39:00 ↗ uh perimeter that we've done uh Veterans

2:39:05 ↗ Park and over by the senior center and

2:39:07 ↗ actually left the middle open and here's

2:39:09 ↗ why those two ends are both very well

2:39:12 ↗ defined as to their boundaries and what

2:39:15 ↗ you can and can't do with them but the

2:39:16 ↗ middle really there's a lot of

2:39:19 ↗ discussion that we can have as policy

2:39:21 ↗ you know we got shown something last

2:39:24 ↗ week we could do more than that down the

2:39:27 ↗ road for that middle area I mean right

2:39:28 ↗ now it is a park there's benches over

2:39:30 ↗ there there's grass people can hang out

2:39:33 ↗ but we could really do a lot there right

2:39:36 ↗ and and so that is more fluid that I

2:39:38 ↗ both ends are well bounded and and so I

2:39:42 ↗ think so um addressing the stuff that is

2:39:45 ↗ well characterized right now and leaving

2:39:47 ↗ the middle open for a further discussion

2:39:49 ↗ to see how you know Rich our our tastes

2:39:53 ↗ are uh for doing more is it uh is is

2:39:56 ↗ good

2:39:57 ↗ um and then finally I'll just um plus

2:40:00 ↗ one you know I've I've been on Council

2:40:02 ↗ long enough to remember a budget session

2:40:04 ↗ a number of years ago where it didn't go

2:40:07 ↗ super quickly and it went weeks and

2:40:09 ↗ weeks and then in the final night late

2:40:11 ↗ at night council members Polly and

2:40:14 ↗ Goodman were like and we're gonna do a

2:40:16 ↗ dog park and they just put a dog park in

2:40:18 ↗ and uh and I'm and I it's it's a it's

2:40:21 ↗ one of my favorite moments but I'm still

2:40:23 ↗ waiting for from a dog park so thank you

2:40:26 ↗ we love our dogs

2:40:28 ↗ um prison Hall

2:40:29 ↗ thank you director Watling I love it I

2:40:32 ↗ love everything about it thank you very

2:40:34 ↗ much for cutting you basically gave us

2:40:36 ↗ everything we wanted as has already been

2:40:38 ↗ said and in a week's turnaround a very

2:40:40 ↗ creative solution to leverage State

2:40:42 ↗ support

2:40:43 ↗ um and it also existing funding for a

2:40:47 ↗ project that didn't necessarily need to

2:40:48 ↗ come from arpa so just well done and

2:40:50 ↗ I'll be sporting the motion

2:40:55 ↗ thank you I'll Echo the uh praise that

2:40:58 ↗ was put on to the parks department and

2:41:01 ↗ you director from Deputy council

2:41:04 ↗ president Hall this is an outstanding

2:41:06 ↗ project I really appreciate that an

2:41:10 ↗ effort's been made to do

2:41:11 ↗ multi-generational connections for all

2:41:14 ↗ of our citizens people can bring their

2:41:16 ↗ grandsons and granddaughters to that

2:41:18 ↗ Park and they can play out in the park

2:41:20 ↗ and the people there at the senior

2:41:22 ↗ center are enjoying games that are more

2:41:24 ↗ appropriate for people who are a little

2:41:26 ↗ bit older can also interact with their

2:41:28 ↗ with their family there that's

2:41:30 ↗ outstanding I think that as we look

2:41:33 ↗ forward on this project I I would really

2:41:37 ↗ hope that we're able to to execute it

2:41:39 ↗ and get the state funding that's that's

2:41:40 ↗ involved there along the way I fully

2:41:44 ↗ supported I think this is a great

2:41:46 ↗ opportunity for us let me just throw out

2:41:48 ↗ one other thought in terms of the middle

2:41:50 ↗ portion

2:41:52 ↗ my dear friend here who's a kiwanian I'm

2:41:56 ↗ a rotarian there there has been some

2:41:58 ↗ history at that Park that maybe not all

2:42:00 ↗ of you know about but there are a bunch

2:42:02 ↗ of bricks that are lying there along the

2:42:04 ↗ depot and there are a number of

2:42:06 ↗ rotarians that bought bricks from the

2:42:08 ↗ names of the rotarians are on the uh on

2:42:10 ↗ the bricks there from the club which

2:42:12 ↗ started back in 1977. so there's a

2:42:14 ↗ connection for some of our clubs and

2:42:16 ↗ some of our old people from town that uh

2:42:20 ↗ you know might want to pitch in and

2:42:22 ↗ maybe do the fireplace shelter or do

2:42:25 ↗ another piece uh in that Park area so

2:42:28 ↗ that it can be built out slowly with

2:42:30 ↗ Community Support along the way so I

2:42:32 ↗ just throw that throw that out as a as

2:42:34 ↗ an idea for the administration and you

2:42:36 ↗ director wildling to think about as we

2:42:39 ↗ go forward thank you thank you

2:42:41 ↗ councilmember Joe councilmember

2:42:45 ↗ um thank you I I wanted to first of all

2:42:49 ↗ say um again which I I said last time

2:42:52 ↗ but I will say it again that I thought

2:42:53 ↗ the information that um The Parks Board

2:42:56 ↗ put together with the pros and cons for

2:42:58 ↗ the different

2:43:00 ↗ um or the the reasons why their

2:43:03 ↗ recommendation and then reasons for the

2:43:04 ↗ other projects as well all of that

2:43:06 ↗ information that we we received that

2:43:09 ↗ really set us up to have this

2:43:10 ↗ conversation which I think has come to a

2:43:13 ↗ great conclusion it has drawn pieces of

2:43:16 ↗ these different projects as well so I

2:43:18 ↗ just wanted to say thanks again to the

2:43:20 ↗ Parks Board and to staff for that for

2:43:23 ↗ supporting that work because I think

2:43:24 ↗ those conversations really teed up a a

2:43:26 ↗ good conversation that Council was able

2:43:28 ↗ to have with all the information we we

2:43:31 ↗ needed on a pretty complex

2:43:32 ↗ set of options

2:43:35 ↗ um so on on the recommendation I

2:43:38 ↗ personally

2:43:40 ↗ I personally do have dogs I think that a

2:43:43 ↗ number of the council members

2:43:45 ↗ um actually don't have dogs they've just

2:43:46 ↗ heard time and time again that we really

2:43:49 ↗ need a dog park and so

2:43:51 ↗ um we we do hear from our community over

2:43:54 ↗ and over that we really need a dog park

2:43:56 ↗ and a number of the

2:43:58 ↗ um a number of the council members here

2:44:00 ↗ are advocating for that and um I would I

2:44:03 ↗ would really like to make sure that we

2:44:06 ↗ get that done on the schedule

2:44:08 ↗ um it has been a long time coming and I

2:44:10 ↗ just for for anyone listening I also

2:44:13 ↗ wanted to make sure to clarify that

2:44:16 ↗ we're not funding with this funding

2:44:18 ↗ source but it is funded in the budget

2:44:19 ↗ and the fact that we're not funding it

2:44:21 ↗ with the art by funding specifically

2:44:23 ↗ that's more a a choice but it isn't

2:44:27 ↗ affecting the timeline or the schedule

2:44:29 ↗ for that Park and also through this

2:44:31 ↗ conversation we've identified a location

2:44:33 ↗ that will work and so it's this

2:44:35 ↗ conversation has accelerated that

2:44:37 ↗ process but the dog park is super

2:44:39 ↗ important to community and I

2:44:41 ↗ I want to make it clear that we aren't

2:44:43 ↗ putting that off or delaying that we are

2:44:47 ↗ in fact making sure that that happens

2:44:49 ↗ and as fast as possible

2:44:52 ↗ um then on the other recommended funding

2:44:55 ↗ projects I'm happy to see the eckhouse

2:44:58 ↗ included I spoke to that last time as

2:45:01 ↗ well

2:45:02 ↗ I can I can Envision I think because the

2:45:05 ↗ other picnic shelter has the same sort

2:45:08 ↗ of Farmhouse facade and the picnic

2:45:11 ↗ shelter I can I can Envision the

2:45:12 ↗ community enjoying that space and I

2:45:14 ↗ think it'll be a really great addition

2:45:15 ↗ and right now that building is not

2:45:18 ↗ serving a public use so I I in my mind

2:45:21 ↗ that's a huge we need to prioritize

2:45:24 ↗ taking care of that first and so I am

2:45:26 ↗ glad to see that that's there and then

2:45:29 ↗ um

2:45:29 ↗ and then the improvements to the Senior

2:45:33 ↗ Center Plaza and pedestrian Park the one

2:45:36 ↗ I

2:45:37 ↗ and my question you would you address

2:45:40 ↗ this there will be a connection between

2:45:41 ↗ the two I do think that's important

2:45:44 ↗ because part of what we're trying to do

2:45:45 ↗ is make it more of a cohesive feel less

2:45:49 ↗ of a visual you know have pedestrian

2:45:52 ↗ Plaza be less of a visual block as I

2:45:55 ↗ think you director Watling referred to

2:45:57 ↗ it last time you know you want it to be

2:45:58 ↗ inviting and you want it to invite

2:46:00 ↗ people to explore the rest of the park

2:46:03 ↗ so having some sort of connection which

2:46:05 ↗ I'm sure you will you and staff and

2:46:07 ↗ Community conversations will be able to

2:46:09 ↗ conclude how best to do that but I think

2:46:11 ↗ that's important and then also from the

2:46:14 ↗ early conversation with Shelley I think

2:46:17 ↗ um

2:46:18 ↗ I thought she had great comments about

2:46:20 ↗ why this would be competitive for for

2:46:23 ↗ State grant funding and I wanted to

2:46:26 ↗ um

2:46:28 ↗ flag I think the Ada components that are

2:46:31 ↗ here are really important we want it to

2:46:33 ↗ be multi-generational we wanted to

2:46:36 ↗ facilitate people that have differing

2:46:38 ↗ abilities and so that they could all

2:46:40 ↗ enjoy this beautiful Park area and so

2:46:43 ↗ making sure that that it is accessible

2:46:45 ↗ and that it has amenities that um

2:46:48 ↗ are all right um able to be used by

2:46:51 ↗ people with differing abilities I think

2:46:53 ↗ is is really important I do see it here

2:46:55 ↗ but I know it's not the final plan so I

2:46:56 ↗ wanted to flag that as something that I

2:46:58 ↗ think is important and then connecting

2:47:00 ↗ that with the playgrounds I think the

2:47:02 ↗ playground is great but then if you look

2:47:04 ↗ at um Lake sammamishes playground for

2:47:06 ↗ example it has many more options for for

2:47:09 ↗ children and for visitors that have

2:47:12 ↗ differing abilities and so just just

2:47:14 ↗ thinking about that as we're making all

2:47:15 ↗ these improvements make sure that

2:47:17 ↗ they're serving they're serving um our

2:47:19 ↗ whole community

2:47:20 ↗ so I I'm supportive and looking forward

2:47:23 ↗ to the continued evolution of this as a

2:47:26 ↗ plan but uh yes I think it's very

2:47:28 ↗ exciting and we'll be supportive

2:47:32 ↗ are there any other comments

2:47:35 ↗ okay I will reread the motion

2:47:40 ↗ um the motion before council is to

2:47:42 ↗ direct the administration to proceed to

2:47:43 ↗ incorporate four million dollars in arpa

2:47:46 ↗ funding in the 2023-24 budget for the

2:47:49 ↗ following projects and to utilize

2:47:51 ↗ Insurance claim funds and future awarded

2:47:53 ↗ State Grant funds to complete these

2:47:55 ↗ projects eight hundred thousand dollars

2:47:57 ↗ in arpa funding and two hundred thousand

2:47:59 ↗ dollars Insurance funds for Confluence

2:48:01 ↗ Park House picnic shelter 3.2 million

2:48:05 ↗ dollars arpa funds for pedestrian Park

2:48:07 ↗ and the Senior Center Plaza portions of

2:48:09 ↗ Veterans Memorial Consolidated Park all

2:48:12 ↗ those in favor signify by saying aye

2:48:16 ↗ opposed

2:48:18 ↗ that passes unanimously seven to o and

2:48:21 ↗ um I would just like to

2:48:24 ↗ memories

2:48:27 ↗ um thank you director Watling I'm going

2:48:29 ↗ to make one quick little anecdotal

2:48:30 ↗ comment and pass the microphone over to

2:48:32 ↗ you

2:48:33 ↗ um I really appreciate the council's

2:48:36 ↗ interest in these areas and the

2:48:37 ↗ rationale you talked for about why these

2:48:39 ↗ projects I think you did a fantastic job

2:48:41 ↗ in really going through all the options

2:48:43 ↗ in particular I am thrilled that we are

2:48:46 ↗ able to connect

2:48:47 ↗ a senior center to a playground with all

2:48:50 ↗ this multi-use intergenerational things

2:48:54 ↗ we I was at the senior center for a

2:48:56 ↗ mayor's q a the other day and one of the

2:48:59 ↗ things that came up and Tina was there

2:49:01 ↗ with me was their inability to access

2:49:04 ↗ the playground to sit and watch due to

2:49:07 ↗ Ada that many of them have walkers or

2:49:09 ↗ canes and cannot they're either in the

2:49:11 ↗ senior center or they're walking to

2:49:12 ↗ their car there isn't actually a way to

2:49:14 ↗ connect the two and the fact that you

2:49:16 ↗ are doing this gives me something really

2:49:17 ↗ exciting to bring back to the senior

2:49:19 ↗ center when I go to talk to them next so

2:49:21 ↗ thank you for this this is wonderful

2:49:22 ↗ director Watling

2:49:25 ↗ mayor thank you so well said I just

2:49:28 ↗ quickly thank you Council uh thank you

2:49:30 ↗ for your trust thank you for your kind

2:49:31 ↗ words I just I want to recognize not

2:49:35 ↗ only the great work of the park board

2:49:36 ↗ but especially Jennifer Fink uh just a

2:49:39 ↗ really important part in helping to

2:49:41 ↗ Shepherd and shape this work as well so

2:49:44 ↗ um

2:49:45 ↗ we've got some work ahead and we look

2:49:47 ↗ forward to

2:49:48 ↗ seeing these in the budget and starting

2:49:51 ↗ to move these towards completion so

2:49:52 ↗ thanks so much

2:49:54 ↗ thank you director Watling as we stated

2:49:57 ↗ earlier

2:49:58 ↗ ab8487 Community investment strategy

2:50:00 ↗ Community Mobility survey projects is

2:50:03 ↗ being moved off of tonight's agenda and

2:50:05 ↗ to the next council meeting which is

2:50:06 ↗ November 7th

2:50:09 ↗ and so that takes us to good of the

2:50:11 ↗ order I have a few small announcements

2:50:13 ↗ council president

2:50:16 ↗ thank you I just wanted to take a moment

2:50:18 ↗ since our next meeting isn't until

2:50:20 ↗ November 7th to just mention that on

2:50:24 ↗ November 3rd we are holding a listening

2:50:26 ↗ session in Telus at the school there and

2:50:31 ↗ just wanted to

2:50:33 ↗ remind everyone about it that we're

2:50:35 ↗ looking forward we will be sending out

2:50:37 ↗ an email with the adjustments to the

2:50:41 ↗ format based on what we heard from you

2:50:43 ↗ from the last session that was in the

2:50:45 ↗ highlands with little tables for all

2:50:48 ↗ kinds of Engagement opportunities so

2:50:50 ↗ looking forward to it

2:50:53 ↗ any other items for good of the order

2:50:55 ↗ I'll just talk about some upcoming

2:50:57 ↗ meetings Deputy council president just

2:50:58 ↗ really quickly I wanted to add I know

2:51:00 ↗ mayor Polly you and I know councilmember

2:51:02 ↗ hunt have in the past traveled either

2:51:05 ↗ down to Olympia or virtually testified

2:51:06 ↗ in Olympia to help either advocate for

2:51:08 ↗ Issaquah or personal issues I'm planning

2:51:11 ↗ to do a lot of the same this coming year

2:51:14 ↗ because I wasn't able to previously so I

2:51:17 ↗ was wondering if maybe it might be worth

2:51:19 ↗ um mayor Paulie I know you go down for

2:51:21 ↗ kind of a City of Issaquah

2:51:23 ↗ perspective at least once the

2:51:27 ↗ legislative session I wonder if that

2:51:28 ↗ might be available to council members

2:51:30 ↗ who are available to join you and help

2:51:31 ↗ support you and absolutely in a couple

2:51:34 ↗ of different ways so um councilman has

2:51:37 ↗ done a really great job with the k4c

2:51:39 ↗ advocacy which is the king and County

2:51:40 ↗ cities for climate collaboration and so

2:51:43 ↗ when asked those of us that sit on that

2:51:45 ↗ will go and Advocate but we still use

2:51:48 ↗ Shelley our lobbyist just to talk about

2:51:50 ↗ the nuances of what the legislature

2:51:53 ↗ proposing and how it ties with k4c and

2:51:55 ↗ and that it's also supported within our

2:51:58 ↗ agenda so absolutely Shelley's done an

2:52:00 ↗ amazing job coordinating us and I think

2:52:02 ↗ councilmember hunt probably testified on

2:52:04 ↗ eight different things last year there

2:52:07 ↗ was a lot going on so and we appreciate

2:52:10 ↗ that I think our voices are stronger

2:52:11 ↗ when there's more of us that are sharing

2:52:13 ↗ the time to make the comments so thank

2:52:15 ↗ you for that that's fantastic and so

2:52:16 ↗ glad you can participate now wonderful

2:52:21 ↗ um upcoming Council meetings Thursday

2:52:22 ↗ November 3rd is the city council

2:52:24 ↗ Community listing session that council

2:52:26 ↗ president just talked about so I won't

2:52:28 ↗ provide any additional details on that

2:52:29 ↗ and Monday November 7th is the regular

2:52:32 ↗ city council meeting with anticipated

2:52:34 ↗ agenda items of the 2023-24 budget

2:52:38 ↗ public hearing and anticipated adoption

2:52:41 ↗ the 2023-24 budget Levy and revenue

2:52:44 ↗ sources and the 2023 salary ordinance as

2:52:47 ↗ well as the item moved off tonight's

2:52:49 ↗ agenda on Mobility improvements

2:52:52 ↗ so the next item of business is the

2:52:54 ↗ executive session we are not having one

2:52:55 ↗ this evening and so therefore we are

2:52:58 ↗ adjourned at 9 54 pm

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (4)

Direct the Administration to proceed to finalize the proposed 2023-24 budget ordinance incorporating the changes presented at the Oct. 17 City Council meeting [see Exhibit D to AB 8402]. .

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Direct the Administration to finalize the 2023-24 Legislative Agenda including the changes discussed, returning to the Nov. 7, 2022 City Council meeting for adoption. Proposed Changes discussed: Under Affordable Housing, Health, Human Services and Homelessness, requested separating mental health/sub…

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Direct the Administration to proceed to incorporate $4 million in ARPA funding in the 2023-24 budget for the following projects and utilize insurance claim funds and future awarded state grant funds to complete these projects: • $800,000 ARPA funds and $200,000 insurance funds for Confluence Park Ek…

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Russell Joe, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh